FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 14, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 112–97.

Final
DET105
ATL91
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +14
Final
NYK111
BKN104
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +7
Final
LAL112
CLE121
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +9
Final
SAC96
MIN119
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +23
Final
DAL97
GSW112
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +15
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 · 2016–17Dec 14, 2016: 10 games. Top scorer: Aaron Gordon (ORL vs LAC), 33 points.
The lead · DAL @ GSW

Kevin Durant posts 36 and 11 as Golden State beats Dallas

36 points and 11 rebounds in a 112–97 win.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-40+7+15GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2820252497
GSW24243232112
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 29, 25, 24, 19, 35, 36, 28, 36GSW36 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 20, 27, 19, 22, 22, 21, 24, 25GSW25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 10, 16, 9, 16, 11, 10, 6, 18DAL18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 17, 8, 22, 19, 18, 19, 17, 16DAL16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ CLE

Cleveland beats Lakers, 121–112

Cleveland led 94–86 after three and won by 9. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over BKN7CLE over LAL9DET over ATL14GSW over DAL15MIN over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg32.8Today

33 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 36

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, 21, 29, 25, 24, 19, 35, 36, 28, 36GSW vs DAL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 11, 23, 15, 7, 21, 28, 19, 30MIN vs SAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 38, 25, 20, 24, 18, 20, 17, 28CLE vs LAL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 17, 19, 8, 24, 14, 4, 10, 27NYK @ BKN · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 14, 19, 15, 13, 5, 15, 11, 26BKN vs NYK · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 17, 32, 20, 18, 21, 18, 5, 26LAL @ CLE · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.2 24.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+5.3 23.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Jimmy ButlerMIN+4.8 24.6 last 10 · 19.8 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.7 24.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
E'Twaun MooreNOP+4.2 17.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Eric GordonHOU−4.6 14.3 last 10 · 18.9 season
Brook LopezLAL−4.0 9.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyOKC−3.8 13.9 last 10 · 17.7 season
Kristaps PorzingisNYK−3.3 22.2 last 10 · 25.5 season
Danny GreenSAS−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season