FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 19, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BKN by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–91.

Final
UTA101
ORL94
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +7
Final
CHA109
PHI91
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +18
Final
MIN98
BOS114
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +16
Final
BKN91
CLE95
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +4
Final
TOR110
DET100
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +10
Final
WAS105
MIA103
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +2
Final
CHI103
MEM97
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final · 3OT
POR129
SAS119
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR 0; OT2 POR 0; OT3 POR +10
Final
LAC106
DEN109
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +3
Final
OKC104
LAL103
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +1
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 19, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs CHI), 32 points.
The lead · BKN @ CLE

Brooklyn's skid reaches three

Cleveland won 95–91; the Nets fall to 10–15. LeBron James led Cleveland with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-7+5+3+4CLE AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN3316222091
CLE2628202195
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 19, 24, 18, 35, 41, 27, 21, 22CLE22 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 6, 0, 21CLE21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 3, 22, 8, 12, 12, 22, 16, 17, 26BKN26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Mason PlumleePoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 0, 9, 8, 18, 11, 21, 23, 14BKN14 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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
7.4Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 24 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg33.2Today

33 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Charlotte by 18.

OKC over LAL1WAS over MIA2DEN over LAC3CLE over BKN4CHI over MEM6UTA over ORL7TOR over DET10POR over SAS10BOS over MIN16CHA over PHI18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 43

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 14, 23, 35, 18, 23, 29, 43POR @ SAS · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 1, 2000: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Career high43 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 39, 18, 24, 23, 10, 35, 19, 23, 23, 32POR @ SAS · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 30, 45, 17, 14, 10, 18, 31, 32LAC @ DEN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 14, 14, 13, 23, 19, 15, 23, 32SAS vs POR · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 22, 28, 26, 34, 28, 32, 33, 31OKC @ LAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 24, 18, 11, 17, 22, 35, 31CHI @ MEM · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 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
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+4.7 15.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+4.2 20.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK+3.6 14.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Danny GreenSAS+3.4 16.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Goran DragicPHX+3.3 19.5 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 7.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−4.8 11.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.4 5.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−4.0 12.0 last 10 · 16.0 season
Robin LopezPOR−3.5 6.1 last 10 · 9.6 season