FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 31, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–88.

Final · Box score
Bulls98
Pistons87
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +11
Final · Box score
Mavs94
Rockets97
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +3
Final · Box score
Heat78
Spurs108
Q1 Spurs 0; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +30
Final · Box score
Jazz86
Thunder87
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +1
Final · Box score
Sixers88
Clippers104
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +16
On this day · 2008–09Dec 31, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Andre Iguodala (Sixers-Clippers), 28 points.
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The lead · Sixers-Clippers

Clippers take care of Philadelphia

Kevin Durant goes for 31 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-2+13+16LAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers3120142388
Clippers26232926104
Who led
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29, 19, 27, 25, 26LAC26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 19, 20, 11, 18, 11, 24, 12, 20LAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 22, 26, 6, 12, 7, 9, 22, 19PHI19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 11, 23, 14, 18, 10, 25, 14, 17PHI17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Jazz-Thunder

OKC holds off Utah, 87–86

OKC led 65–62 after three and held on to win by one. Kevin Durant led OKC with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over UTA1HOU over DAL3CHI over DET11LAC over PHI16SAS over MIA30Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over UTA.
Lead changes
Jazz-Thunder11
Sixers-Clippers8
Mavs-Rockets5
Heat-Spurs3
Bulls-Pistons0
The night in charts
Sixers-Clippers combined for 192, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-ClippersSixers 88, Clippers 104
192
Mavs-RocketsMavs 94, Rockets 97
191
Heat-SpursHeat 78, Spurs 108
186
Bulls-PistonsBulls 98, Pistons 87
185
Jazz-ThunderJazz 86, Thunder 87
173
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Jazz-ThunderJazz 86, Thunder 87
+1 OKC
Mavs-RocketsMavs 94, Rockets 97
+3 HOU
Bulls-PistonsBulls 98, Pistons 87
+11 CHI
Sixers-ClippersSixers 88, Clippers 104
+16 LAC
Heat-SpursHeat 78, Spurs 108
+30 SAS
LAC rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sixers-ClippersLAC won · Sixers 88, Clippers 104
5 pts
Jazz-ThunderOKC won · Jazz 86, Thunder 87
2 pts
Duncan shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSAS · 23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
KiddDAL · 14 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
MatthewsUTA · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
Baron DavisLAC · 20 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
MarionDAL · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Jazz-Thunder
Jazz 86Thunder 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2422162486
Thunder2226172287
The story
Russell Westbrook had 10 assists and 8 points as Oklahoma City beat Utah 87-86

Mehmet Okur led Utah with 11 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST 10 AST, 8 PTS, 4 REB · 3-12 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the first, the Thunder took the second 26-22.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −2+2+3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Rockets
Mavs 94Rockets 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs1730232494
Rockets2432221997
The story
Aaron Brooks' 30 points carried Houston past Dallas, 97-94

For Dallas, Shawn Marion had 16 PTS, 9 REB 30 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 11-26 FG, 6-12 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-17, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +7+9+8+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Clippers
Sixers 88Clippers 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers3120142388
Clippers26232926104
The story
Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 104-88 behind 26 points and 10 rebounds from Chris Kaman

Andre Iguodala paced Philadelphia: 12 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB 26 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 11-21 FG

The swing

A 29-14 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −5−2+13+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.4Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 31

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 27, 13, 30, 38, 30, 40, 35, 31Thunder-Jazz · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 25, 5, 7, 17, 17, 23, 27, 30Rockets-Mavs · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29, 19, 27, 25, 26Clippers-Sixers · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 28, 22, 17, 5, 19, 16, 11, 26Heat-Spurs · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 27, 19, 13, 24, 26, 13, 17, 23Spurs-Heat · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 26, 31, 16, 20, 8, 14, 15, 22Pistons-Bulls · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Corey MaggetteGSW+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.5 22.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.4 17.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.3 27.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.1 34.5 last 10 · 30.4 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−5.6 6.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.3 9.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ben GordonDET−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−3.7 12.4 last 10 · 16.1 season