FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 28, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 11 after the first quarter and won 103–80.

Final
DET103
CLE80
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +23
Final
HOU106
SAS110
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +4
Final
OKC107
DAL112
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
TOR116
DEN102
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +14
Final
NYK79
POR101
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +22
Final
PHX116
LAL107
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
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 28, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (LAC vs UTA), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ CLE

Detroit rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 after one, Detroit outscored the Cavaliers 86–52 the rest of the way. Final: 103–80. Brandon Jennings led Detroit with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+3+16+23DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET17332726103
CLE2819141980
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 8, 3, 6, 13, 22, 8, 14, 25DET25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 23, 12, 18, 19, 7, 18, 20, 16DET16 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 13, 6, 8, 20, 14, 22, 20CLE20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 10, 7, 9, 3, 5, 6, 9, 18CLE18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg3.1Last 3

3.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Detroit by 23.

SAS over HOU4DAL over OKC5PHX over LAL9TOR over DEN14POR over NYK22DET over CLE23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 31

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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 15, 18, 10, 15, 22, 12, 9, 31TOR @ DEN · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 21, 17, 20, 15, 22, 34, 25, 30TOR @ DEN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 23, 16, 18, 13, 16, 22, 14, 30DAL vs OKC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29, 16, 28DEN vs TOR · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 14, 11, 16, 9, 14, 22, 25, 28POR vs NYK · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 44, 24, 41, 21, 18, 44, 32, 28HOU @ SAS · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK+5.3 16.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+4.7 18.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Damian LillardPOR+4.4 26.2 last 10 · 21.8 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
Pau GasolCHI−3.8 14.0 last 10 · 17.8 season