FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 14, 2014Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAL by 6 at halftime and won 120–118.

Final
NYK98
CHA108
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +10
Final
SAC92
IND116
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +24
Final
OKC87
MEM90
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +3
Final
CLE120
LAL118
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Jan 14, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ PHX), 41 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAL

Cleveland holds off Lakers, 120–118

Cleveland led 88–85 after three and held on to win by two. Luol Deng led Cleveland with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-6+3+2CLE AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE28293132120
LAL23402233118
Who led
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 26, 18, 16, 14, 17, 10, 12, 27CLE27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anderson VarejaoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 14, 18, 4, 7, 18, 2, 10, 18CLE18 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 26, 25, 16, 21, 2, 25, 11, 28LAL28 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 15, 4, 18, 23, 24, 21, 11, 26LAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · OKC @ MEM

Memphis edges OKC by three

OKC won the fourth 20–18, but Memphis held on, 90–87. Courtney Lee led Memphis with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over LAL2MEM over OKC3CHA over NYK10IND over SAC24Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg36.3Today

36 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 37, 24, 48, 21, 48, 30, 33, 37OKC @ MEM · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 18, 14, 19, 27, 6, 8, 20, 35CHA vs NYK · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 29, 17, 33, 26, 35, 24, 16, 31SAC @ IND · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 21, 12, 24, 16, 11, 28, 8, 31IND vs SAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 26, 25, 16, 21, 2, 25, 11, 28LAL vs CLE · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 26, 18, 16, 14, 17, 10, 12, 27CLE @ LAL · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Kevin DurantOKC+4.7 34.5 last 10 · 29.8 season
CJ MilesCLE+4.4 14.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.0 26.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.0 22.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Darren CollisonLAC+3.9 13.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Ben McLemoreSAC−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Markieff MorrisPHX−3.3 8.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−3.3 4.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jared SullingerBOS−3.3 9.6 last 10 · 12.9 season