FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 31, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIA by 9 at halftime and won 106–95.

Final
SAC84
BOS106
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +22
Final
MIA95
IND106
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +11
Final
NYK78
LAC99
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +21
Final
MIL96
CLE80
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +16
Final
CHA83
HOU102
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +19
Final · OT
NOP93
SAS95
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final · OT
PHX134
OKC137
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +3
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 31, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs SAC), 38 points.
The lead · MIA @ IND

Indiana climbs out of a 9-point hole against Miami

Down 9 at the half, the Pacers won the third quarter 36–19 and the game 106–95. CJ Miles led Indiana with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9+8+11IND AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2427192595
IND20223628106
Who led
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 20, 17, 16, 28, 11, 3, 11, 25IND25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
George HillPoints, last 5 games: 15, 13, 12, 11, 20IND20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 28, 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25, 20MIA20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 27, 21, 12, 34, 14, 22, 20, 18MIA18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

SAS over NOP2OKC over PHX3IND over MIA11MIL over CLE16HOU over CHA19LAC over NYK21BOS over SAC22Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.4Season avg34.6Last 5

34.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg31.4Today

31 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 44

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 28, 23, 19, 16, 23, 26, 30, 44OKC vs PHX · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Julius Randle NYK, Apr 16, 2021: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Season high44 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 44, 24, 41, 21, 18, 44, 32, 28, 33, 36HOU vs CHA · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 15, 25, 17, 16, 18, 22, 21, 29PHX @ OKC · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 21, 11, 19, 11, 12, 15, 6, 26SAS vs NOP · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 24, 20, 8, 34, 16, 10, 18, 26MIL @ CLE · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 20, 17, 16, 28, 11, 3, 11, 25IND vs MIA · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.9 23.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.8 19.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
CJ MilesIND+5.1 16.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jared DudleyMIL+4.7 11.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.2 9.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 20.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.6 6.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Donald SloanIND−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season