FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 29, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by ORL (vs MIA) and WAS (vs HOU).

Final · OT
MIL104
CHA94
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +10
Final
CHI92
IND90
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +2
Final
SAC99
BKN107
Q1 BKN -1; Q2 BKN +13; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +8
Final
ORL102
MIA101
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +1
Final
WAS104
HOU103
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +1
Final
UTA97
LAC101
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +4
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 29, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs HOU), 33 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Orlando wins a tight one over Miami

102–101. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-30+1ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL26242725102
MIA25282424101
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 13, 18, 16, 19, 18, 12, 22, 26ORL26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 12, 7, 2, 23, 8, 13, 13, 22ORL22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 17, 28, 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25MIA25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 9, 18, 21MIA21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 10.

ORL over MIA1WAS over HOU1CHI over IND2LAC over UTA4BKN over SAC8MIL over CHA10Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg9.8Last 3

9.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 33

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 44, 24, 41, 21, 18, 44, 32, 28, 33HOU vs WAS · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 29, 22, 10, 16, 14, 15, 17, 9, 33WAS @ HOU · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 27, 30, 20, 18, 27, 6, 42, 28CHA vs MIL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 22, 35, 31, 27, 11, 21, 33, 27CHI @ IND · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 13, 18, 16, 19, 18, 12, 22, 26ORL @ MIA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 20, 22, 20, 24, 13, 16, 29, 25SAC @ BKN · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 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+8.0 17.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.6 23.3 last 10 · 17.7 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
CJ MilesIND+4.7 15.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Jared SullingerBOS−4.8 8.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.8 9.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.1 5.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Donald SloanIND−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season