FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 14, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed UTA by 5 at halftime and won 93–84.

Final
CHI93
MIA75
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +18
Final · OT
GSW128
NOP122
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +6
Final
UTA84
WAS93
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +9
Final
LAL100
MIN94
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +6
Final
PHX88
OKC112
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +22; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +24
Final · OT
TOR95
NYK90
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +5
Final
SAS99
DEN91
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +8
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 14, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC @ WAS), 38 points.
The lead · UTA @ WAS

Washington makes it four straight

Washington beat Utah 93–84 and moved to 17–6. Bradley Beal led Washington with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-2-5+9+9WAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2418162684
WAS2215302693
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 8, 27, 14, 10, 14, 9, 29, 22WAS22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 18, 17, 9, 17, 26, 21, 10, 16WAS16 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Alec BurksPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 10, 16, 12, 22, 16, 14, 16, 19UTA19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 30, 25, 16, 9, 19, 20, 18, 16UTA16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ MIA

Chicago beats Miami, 93–75

Chicago led 72–48 after three and won by 18. Mike Dunleavy led Chicago with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over NYK5GSW over NOP6LAL over MIN6SAS over DEN8WAS over UTA9CHI over MIA18OKC over PHX24Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.2Season avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg33.3Today

33 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 34

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 16, 22, 19, 19, 21, 20, 29, 34GSW @ NOP · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 30, 11, 13, 11, 27, 8, 31, 34NOP vs GSW · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 31, 20, 9, 32, 23, 17, 22, 34NYK vs TOR · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 14, 18, 4, 10, 25, 16, 12, 31DEN vs SAS · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 16, 12, 7, 22, 13, 30, 16, 30NOP vs GSW · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 15, 20, 23, 24, 21, 21, 25, 29GSW @ NOP · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+5.7 16.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Zach LaVineMIN+3.2 12.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+3.1 19.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Andre DrummondDET+3.0 14.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+2.7 16.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−4.0 8.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−3.7 12.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Shawne WilliamsMIA−3.5 4.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season