FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 27, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed LAC by 4 after the first quarter and won 110–98.

Final
TOR110
LAC98
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +12
Final
ORL102
CHA94
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +8
Final
BOS88
WAS101
Q1 WAS +18; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +13
Final
MEM103
MIA95
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +8
Final
IND110
BKN85
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +25
Final
NOP100
CHI107
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +7
Final
ATL90
MIL85
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +5
Final
PHI71
UTA88
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +17
Final · OT
NYK129
SAC135
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +6
Final
MIN97
GSW110
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +13
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 27, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ CHA), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAC

Toronto takes care of Clippers

A 12-point win, 110–98. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-40+2+12TOR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR22273130110
LAC2623292098
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 9, 21, 17, 20, 15, 22, 34, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 10, 8, 6, 16, 17, 10, 20, 22TOR22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 14, 16, 8, 23, 21, 18, 11, 23LAC23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 18, 31, 32, 24, 22, 21, 18, 22LAC22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg16.9Last 3

16.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg29.7Today

30 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Brooklyn by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

ATL over MIL5SAC over NYK6CHI over NOP7ORL over CHA8MEM over MIA8TOR over LAC12WAS over BOS13GSW over MIN13UTA over PHI17IND over BKN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 42

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 24, 27, 30, 20, 18, 27, 6, 42CHA vs ORL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Jan 5, 2000: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Career high42 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 22, 31, 22, 29, 27, 29, 22, 39SAC vs NYK · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 17, 22, 34, 26, 25, 28, 34, 36NYK @ SAC · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 17, 22, 35, 31, 27, 11, 21, 33CHI vs NOP · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 8, 31, 30, 7, 38, 21, 22, 29NOP @ CHI · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 13, 20, 22, 20, 24, 13, 16, 29SAC vs NYK · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 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
Mason PlumleeBKN+7.0 15.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+6.0 23.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.3 27.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+4.7 18.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK+4.3 15.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Chris CopelandIND−5.0 4.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.9 10.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jared SullingerBOS−4.8 8.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−4.0 11.7 last 10 · 15.7 season