FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 30, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by BKN (vs CHI) and POR (vs TOR).

Final
DET109
ORL86
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +23
Final
CLE101
ATL109
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +8
Final
BKN96
CHI82
Q1 BKN -7; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +15; Q4 BKN +14
Final
SAS87
MEM95
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +8
Final
PHX106
NOP110
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP +4
Final
WAS87
DAL114
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +27
Final
LAL111
DEN103
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +8
Final
MIN94
UTA100
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +6
Final · OT
TOR97
POR102
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +5
Final
PHI86
GSW126
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +27; Q3 GSW +33; Q4 GSW +40
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 30, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN vs DAL), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ POR

Portland needs overtime to survive Toronto

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Portland won the final period 15–10 for a 102–97 win. Damian Lillard led Portland with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00-7-70+5POR AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR232225171097
POR2315252415102
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 29, 43, 17, 18, 40, 28, 11, 26POR26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 35, 19, 23, 23, 32, 27, 25, 23POR23 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 17, 20, 15, 22, 34, 25, 30, 25TOR25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 8, 5, 12, 10, 16, 7, 5, 14TOR14 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 12 minutes.

Losing minutes
−27.7minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
31.12013–14 avg3.4Last 2

3.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.1 in 2013–14 (65 games). Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg31.7Today

32 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · BKN @ CHI

Brooklyn gets past Chicago

96–82, with Brooklyn ahead 55–45 at halftime. Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over PHX4POR over TOR5UTA over MIN6ATL over CLE8MEM over SAS8LAL over DEN8BKN over CHI14DET over ORL23DAL over WAS27GSW over PHI40Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over CHI.
Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 35

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 17, 16, 9, 16, 17, 29, 25, 35CLE @ ATL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 9 games: 12, 6, 20, 9, 4, 13, 13, 14, 34DET @ ORL · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 36, 17, 14, 21, 11, 28, 11, 24, 30MEM vs SAS · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shabazz MuhammadPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 28, 21, 26, 21, 18, 14, 9, 30MIN @ UTA · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 23, 16, 20, 6, 8, 0, 11, 29BKN @ CHI · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 17, 14, 14, 13, 17, 22, 17, 26ATL vs CLE · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 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+6.9 16.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.8 19.6 last 10 · 13.8 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
CJ MilesIND+4.7 15.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.2 9.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jared SullingerBOS−4.8 8.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.1 5.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 20.4 last 10 · 24.1 season