FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 12, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed POR by 4 after the first quarter and won 115–106.

Final
POR106
CHI115
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
LAC96
WAS104
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +8
Final
ORL81
ATL87
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +6
Final
PHI70
BKN88
Q1 BKN +4; Q2 BKN -1; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +18
Final
NYK101
BOS95
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +6
Final
IND94
TOR106
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +12
Final · 2OT
CHA107
MEM113
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +6
Final
OKC111
MIN92
Q1 OKC +18; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +19
Final
CLE114
NOP119
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP +13; Q4 NOP +5
Final
DET105
PHX103
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +2
Final
MIA100
UTA95
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +5
Final · OT
LAL112
SAS110
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 · 2013–14Dec 12, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (HOU @ POR), 32 points.
The lead · POR @ CHI

Derrick Rose scores 31 in Chicago win over Portland

Final: 115–106. Derrick Rose added 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Damian Lillard scored 35 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-4+8+4+9CHI AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR28232728106
CHI24352333115
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 2, 21, 14, 18, 15, 9, 23, 31CHI31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 16, 15, 11, 8, 7, 3, 7, 17CHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 20, 17, 17, 23, 20, 14, 23, 35POR35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 9, 19, 26, 39, 18, 24, 23, 10, 35POR35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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
9.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg27.9Today

28 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · CHA @ MEM

Memphis wins double overtime marathon over Charlotte

After ten extra minutes, Memphis beat the Hornets 113–107. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs CHA
Zach Randolph · MEMKemba Walker · CHAPTS2028REB114AST17Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 41

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 29, 19, 26, 19, 24, 18, 35, 41CLE @ NOP · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 20, 17, 17, 23, 20, 14, 23, 35POR @ CHI · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 9, 19, 26, 39, 18, 24, 23, 10, 35POR @ CHI · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 38, 2, 32, 21, 27, 22, 28, 26, 34OKC @ MIN · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 4, 30, 11, 13, 11, 27, 8, 31NOP vs CLE · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 2, 21, 14, 18, 15, 9, 23, 31CHI vs POR · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+5.2 15.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andre DrummondDET+4.1 15.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Eric BledsoePHX+3.3 19.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Wilson ChandlerDEN+3.3 18.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
James HardenHOU+3.2 29.6 last 10 · 26.4 season
Cold
Evan FournierORL−3.9 10.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.6 4.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Brandon JenningsDET−3.0 10.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.0 7.8 last 10 · 10.8 season