FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 29, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MIA by 9 after the first quarter and won 112–95.

Final
OKC112
MIA95
Q1 OKC -9; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +17
Final
ORL83
TOR98
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +15
Final
PHI95
BOS94
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +1
Final
PHX126
MIL117
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
Final
NOP77
MIN88
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +11
Final
HOU117
DAL115
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +2
Final
CHA101
DEN98
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +3
Final
CHI96
SAS86
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +10
Final
MEM99
SAC89
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +10
Final
WAS103
LAC110
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +7
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 29, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW @ CLE), 32 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIA

Kevin Durant scores 33 as OKC wins in Miami

Final: 112–95. Kevin Durant made 12 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+5+16+17OKC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC21343621112
MIA3020252095
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 36, 54, 30, 46, 36, 32, 41, 33OKC33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 21, 20, 10, 14, 21, 25, 9, 22OKC22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 25, 21, 34, 30, 29, 27, 18, 34MIA34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 26, 25, 25, 21, 16, 31, 24, 18MIA18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 34 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 17.

PHI over BOS1HOU over DAL2CHA over DEN3LAC over WAS7PHX over MIL9CHI over SAS10MEM over SAC10MIN over NOP11TOR over ORL15OKC over MIA17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 38

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 40, 15, 27, 21, 18, 17, 18, 28, 38DAL vs HOU · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 24, 30, 22, 22, 24, 25, 32, 35CHA @ DEN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 25, 21, 34, 30, 29, 27, 18, 34MIA vs OKC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 24, 21, 21, 3, 18, 11, 31, 33TOR vs ORL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 36, 54, 30, 46, 36, 32, 41, 33OKC @ MIA · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 18, 10, 21, 16, 14, 12, 12, 33DEN vs CHA · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
D.J. AugustinCHI+8.0 18.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA+7.6 26.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Randy FoyeDEN+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.5 37.8 last 10 · 31.3 season
Courtney LeeMEM+5.1 14.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesGSW−5.3 4.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kevin LoveMIN−3.5 21.5 last 10 · 25.0 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.5 10.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
James HardenHOU−3.5 20.2 last 10 · 23.7 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.3 8.5 last 10 · 11.8 season