FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 21, 2014Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–97.

Final
ORL90
BKN101
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +4; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +11
Final
BOS86
MIA93
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +7
Final
SAC114
NOP97
Q1 SAC +18; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +17
Final
POR97
OKC105
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +8
Final
MIN112
UTA97
Q1 MIN +18; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +15
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 21, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Kemba Walker (CHA vs HOU), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ OKC

Kevin Durant scores 46 as OKC beats Portland

OKC won 105–97. Kevin Durant: 46 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-6-1+2+8OKC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2725232297
OKC21302628105
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 48, 21, 48, 30, 33, 37, 36, 54, 30, 46OKC46 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 20, 13, 2, 17, 23, 14, 16, 15OKC15 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 24, 36, 21, 32, 26, 30, 27, 29POR29 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 9, 17, 18, 15, 24, 10, 18, 21POR21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.6Season avg40.6Last 5

40.6 points a game over his last five games, against 30.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
37.42012–13 avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.4 in 2012–13 (38 games). Today: 1 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · BOS @ MIA

Miami leads Boston wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 93–86. Best quarter: the first, 29–15. LeBron James led Miami with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over BOS7OKC over POR8BKN over ORL11MIN over UTA15SAC over NOP17Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over BOS.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 46

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: 48, 21, 48, 30, 33, 37, 36, 54, 30, 46OKC vs POR · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Mar 29, 2006: 46 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
46 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 32, 22, 20, 12, 33, 19, 6, 41SAC @ NOP · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook HOU, Feb 6, 2020: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ties career high41 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 24, 36, 21, 32, 26, 30, 27, 29POR @ OKC · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 32, 32, 36, 25, 21, 34, 30, 29MIA vs BOS · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 16, 24, 9, 9, 22, 22, 37, 27UTA vs MIN · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 9, 17, 18, 15, 24, 10, 18, 21POR @ OKC · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 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+7.4 38.3 last 10 · 30.9 season
Randy FoyeDEN+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+5.7 14.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
CJ MilesCLE+5.2 15.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.4 20.3 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Khris MiddletonMIL−5.4 5.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Caron ButlerMIL−5.0 5.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.9 11.1 last 10 · 16.0 season
Kevin LoveMIN−4.5 20.5 last 10 · 25.0 season
O.J. MayoMIL−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season