FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 20, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MIA by 3 after the first quarter and won 94–86.

Final
OKC94
MIA86
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +8
Final
SAS109
DEN99
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +10
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 20, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Chandler Parsons (HOU vs POR), 31 points.
The lead · OKC @ MIA

OKC makes it three straight

OKC beat Miami 94–86 and moved to 21–20. Kevin Durant led OKC with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-1+5+8OKC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC2425232294
MIA2723171986
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21, 19OKC19 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 22, 10, 25, 16, 17, 17, 19OKC19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23, 17, 4, 18MIA18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 15, 26, 18, 34, 8, 26, 30, 16MIA16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ DEN

Denver's skid reaches four

San Antonio won 109–99; the Nuggets fall to 18–24. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ CHI101–106Wvs MEM114–85W@ MIN110–101Wvs ORL93–90W@ SAC118–108Wvs DAL114–107L@ DAL89–97Lvs MIN105–113L@ GSW79–122Lvs SAS99–109DEN: last 10 games through Jan 20, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 11 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kenneth Faried leads the day with 26

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.
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 15, 2, 12, 22, 11, 6, 7, 26DEN vs SAS · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 34, 17, 22, 12, 16, 13, 2, 21DEN vs SAS · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21, 19OKC @ MIA · W
25.0 PPG season to date · −6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 22, 10, 25, 16, 17, 17, 19OKC @ MIA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · −6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 3, 7, 12, 14, 10, 17, 4, 18SAS @ DEN · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23, 17, 4, 18MIA vs OKC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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
Kemba WalkerCHA+8.0 27.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+6.0 18.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.9 21.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.3 15.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Brandon JenningsDET+5.1 20.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.8 15.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−6.3 18.6 last 10 · 24.9 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.4 6.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.3 3.6 last 10 · 7.9 season