FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 7, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DET by 8 after the first quarter and won 96–94.

Final
WAS93
BOS101
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +8
Final
DEN84
ATL96
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +12
Final
OKC96
DET94
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +2
Final
MIA87
MEM103
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +16
Final
MIL102
DAL125
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +23
Final
POR103
NYK99
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +4
Final
NOP104
LAL87
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +20; Q4 NOP +17
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 · 2013–14Dec 7, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (DET @ CHI), 33 points.
The lead · OKC @ DET

OKC rallies from 8 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 8 after one, OKC outscored the Pistons 71–61 the rest of the way. Final: 96–94. Kevin Durant led OKC with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-7+2+2OKC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC2523291996
DET3322201994
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 27, 10, 28OKC28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 6 games: 38, 2, 32, 21, 27, 22OKC22 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 6, 17, 21, 23, 7, 15, 9, 19DET19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 23, 17, 26, 2, 8, 27, 7, 16DET16 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg2.4Last 3

2.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 0 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg26.5Today

26 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · POR @ NYK

Portland never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 103–99. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over DET2POR over NYK4BOS over WAS8ATL over DEN12MEM over MIA16NOP over LAL17DAL over MIL23Final margin, points. Pink = POR over NYK.
Top performances

Wilson Chandler leads the day with 29

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.
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 19, 14, 19, 11, 15, 18, 20, 29DEN @ ATL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 27, 10, 28OKC @ DET · W
21.7 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 16, 13, 16, 17, 24, 14, 15, 28DAL vs MIL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 25, 20, 20, 27, 20, 28, 28, 25MIA @ MEM · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 12, 19, 10, 16, 25, 32, 19, 25BOS vs WAS · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 20, 33, 9, 19, 26, 39, 18, 24POR @ NYK · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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
Wilson ChandlerDEN+3.9 18.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Lou WilliamsTOR+3.4 17.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Andre DrummondDET+2.9 14.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Eric BledsoePHX+2.6 18.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.6 6.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Evan FournierORL−3.3 11.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.1 5.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Chris CopelandIND−2.9 8.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Channing FryeORL−2.5 5.7 last 10 · 8.2 season