FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 17, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed BOS by 6 at halftime and won 107–104.

Final
LAC109
NYK95
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +14
Final
CHA111
ORL101
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +10
Final
MIA101
PHI86
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +15
Final
MIN89
TOR94
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +5
Final
CHI93
WAS96
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +3
Final
LAL107
BOS104
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +3
Final
UTA110
DET89
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +21
Final
SAC90
MEM91
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +1
Final
POR109
SAS100
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +9
Final
CLE117
DEN109
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +8
Final
DAL110
PHX107
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +3
Final
GSW121
OKC127
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +6
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 17, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ LAL), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ BOS

Lakers take over late to edge Boston

Down 6 after three, Lakers won the fourth 31–22. Final: 107–104. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+2-6-6+3LAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25272431107
BOS23352422104
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 23, 25, 15, 21, 10, 20, 24, 24LAL24 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Ryan KellyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 6, 6, 5, 2, 5, 3, 9, 20LAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 7, 6, 7, 4, 5, 4, 0, 25BOS25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 1, 4, 2, 4, 2, 2, 7, 14BOS14 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Jazz rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Detroit by 21.

MEM over SAC1WAS over CHI3LAL over BOS3DAL over PHX3TOR over MIN5OKC over GSW6CLE over DEN8POR over SAS9CHA over ORL10LAC over NYK14MIA over PHI15UTA over DET21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.0Season avg38.0Last 5

38.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 54 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg34.1Today

34 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 54

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: 37, 24, 48, 21, 48, 30, 33, 37, 36, 54OKC vs GSW · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allan Houston NYK, Feb 16, 2003: 53 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Career high54 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 9, 36, 22, 14, 15, 34, 19, 24, 37GSW @ OKC · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 40, 15, 31, 25, 19, 16, 29, 33, 23, 32LAC @ NYK · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 19, 27, 6, 8, 20, 35, 24, 30CHA @ ORL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 28, 15, 11, 15, 9, 14, 13, 29SAS vs POR · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 11, 17, 24, 13, 26, 11, 16, 29LAC @ NYK · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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+6.2 36.8 last 10 · 30.6 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
CJ MilesCLE+5.0 15.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Darren CollisonLAC+4.5 14.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shaun LivingstonBKN+3.9 11.2 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Caron ButlerMIL−4.5 5.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.5 9.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Greivis VasquezTOR−4.2 3.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Trevor ArizaWAS−3.6 10.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−3.2 7.7 last 10 · 10.9 season