FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 25, 2014Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed GSW by 2 after the first quarter and won 100–86.

Final
WAS102
NYK91
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +11
Final
OKC114
SAS106
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +8
Final
CLE91
MIA101
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +10
Final
LAL93
CHI113
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +20
Final
GSW86
LAC100
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +14
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 25, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ NYK), 29 points.
The lead · GSW @ LAC

Clippers beat Golden State, 100–86

Clippers led 73–70 after three and won by 14. Jamal Crawford led Clippers with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1+3+14LAC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2022281686
LAC18233227100
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 17, 5, 10, 20, 17, 18, 18, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 10, 11, 20, 17, 27, 25, 19, 22LAC22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 21, 25, 29, 22, 19, 25, 18, 15GSW15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 20, 29, 34, 19, 34, 12, 22, 14GSW14 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Second story · OKC @ SAS

OKC handles San Antonio by 8

The Thunder won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 114–106. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over SAS8MIA over CLE10WAS over NYK11LAC over GSW14CHI over LAL20Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.8Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg34.7Today

35 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 34, 28, 32, 33, 31, 29, 40, 34OKC @ SAS · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 23, 17, 22, 34, 26, 25, 28, 34NYK vs WAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 10, 29, 17, 28, 42, 28, 23, 31MIA vs CLE · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 35, 41, 27, 21, 22, 25, 24, 30CLE @ MIA · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 14, 17, 18, 8, 19, 23, 7, 25MIA vs CLE · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 20, 17, 16, 9, 16, 17, 29, 25CLE @ MIA · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+6.3 19.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.5 21.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.1 26.0 last 10 · 21.9 season
Donatas MotiejunasHOU+4.0 14.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
CJ MilesIND+4.0 15.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jared SullingerBOS−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.5 5.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jeremy LambOKC−3.7 5.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Donald SloanIND−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season