FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 4, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed IND by 13 after the first quarter and won 88–87.

Final
DAL109
CLE90
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +19
Final
SAC95
DET114
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +19
Final
BKN84
MIA88
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +4
Final
MIL95
NYK82
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +13
Final
TOR109
PHX125
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +16
Final
IND87
LAL88
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +1
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 · 2013–14Jan 4, 2014: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ MIN), 48 points.
The lead · IND @ LAL

Lakers rally from 13 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 13 after one, Lakers outscored the Pacers 73–59 the rest of the way. Final: 88–87. Nick Young led Lakers with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-13-7-6+1LAL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2820211887
LAL1526222588
Who led
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 26, 15, 3, 15, 21, 4, 14, 22LAL22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 26, 21, 9, 25, 10, 23, 15, 20LAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 16, 28, 11, 3, 11, 25, 22, 19IND19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Donald SloanPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 6, 17, 3, 9, 10, 4, 10, 16IND16 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg5.6Last 3

5.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg27.1Today

27 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Dallas by 19.

LAL over IND1MIA over BKN4MIL over NYK13PHX over TOR16DAL over CLE19DET over SAC19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Brandon Jennings 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.
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 13, 22, 8, 14, 25, 5, 29, 35DET vs SAC · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 8, 20, 14, 22, 20, 7, 27, 30CLE vs DAL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 12, 34, 14, 22, 20, 18, 15, 26MIA vs BKN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 42, 28, 23, 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25MIA vs BKN · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 26, 15, 3, 15, 21, 4, 14, 22LAL vs IND · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 17, 10, 20, 22, 7, 14, 8, 21TOR @ PHX · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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+6.3 15.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+5.3 19.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
CJ MilesIND+5.0 17.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jared DudleyMIL+4.7 11.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+4.7 22.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Jeremy LambOKC−5.3 3.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.4 4.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−4.3 10.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN−3.8 3.5 last 10 · 7.3 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season