FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 21, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 8 at halftime and won 108–101.

Final
NYK108
TOR118
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +10
Final
MEM91
CLE105
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +14
Final
DET105
BKN110
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +5
Final
BOS84
MIA100
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +16
Final
PHI96
ORL88
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +8
Final
LAL101
SAC108
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +7
Final
PHX104
WAS92
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +12
Final
IND100
MIN96
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +4
Final
NOP101
OKC99
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP -5; Q4 NOP +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 21, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (HOU @ DET), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Sacramento turns it around against Lakers

From 8 down at the half to a 7-point win: 108–101. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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+3-8+1+7SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL23372021101
SAC26262927108
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 25, 24, 22, 31, 22, 29, 27, 29SAC29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 16, 29, 23, 13, 20, 22, 20, 24SAC24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 16, 13, 12, 29, 7, 18, 10, 26LAL26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 22, 14, 32, 22, 26, 21, 9, 25LAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Miami by 16.

NOP over OKC2IND over MIN4BKN over DET5SAC over LAL7PHI over ORL8TOR over NYK10PHX over WAS12CLE over MEM14MIA over BOS16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 23, 18, 31, 8, 31, 30, 7, 38NOP @ OKC · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 25, 24, 22, 31, 22, 29, 27, 29SAC vs LAL · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 28, 26, 34, 28, 32, 33, 31, 29OKC vs NOP · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 32, 23, 17, 22, 34, 26, 25, 28NYK @ TOR · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 6, 15, 30, 5, 20, 17, 16, 28IND @ MIN · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 16, 13, 12, 29, 7, 18, 10, 26LAL @ SAC · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 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
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.1 18.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+5.0 15.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
CJ MilesIND+4.6 15.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+4.2 20.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−4.8 11.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jared SullingerBOS−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Donald SloanIND−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season