FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 27, 2012Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 111–105.

Final · OT · Box score
Mavs105
Thunder111
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 Thunder 0; OT1 OKC +6
Final · Box score
Celtics77
Clippers106
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +29
On this day · 2011–12Dec 27, 2011: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (Wolves-Bucks), 31 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Thunder

Kevin Durant scores 40 as OKC beats Dallas

Darren Collison goes for 32 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-2-80+6OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Mavs291636177105
Thunder2122302513111
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33, 33, 40OKC40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 12, 7, 18, 25, 4, 14, 15, 19OKC19 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 20, 4, 7, 12, 11, 0, 15, 32DAL32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 12, 15, 11, 20, 8, 8, 10, 17DAL17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Celtics-Clippers

Clippers lead Boston wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 106–77. Best quarter: the first, 30–20. Matt Barnes led Clippers with 21 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Clippers-Celtics
Matt Barnes · LACKevin Garnett · BOSPTS2116REB04AST03Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Thunder8
Celtics-Clippers0
The night in charts
Mavs-Thunder combined for 216, 33 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-ThunderMavs 105, Thunder 111
216
Celtics-ClippersCeltics 77, Clippers 106
183
OKC won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Mavs-ThunderMavs 105, Thunder 111
+6 OKC
Celtics-ClippersCeltics 77, Clippers 106
+29 LAC
Ibaka shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
IbakaOKC · 19 PTS, 17 REB, 5 BLK
70% (7-10)
CollisonDAL · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL
59% (13-22)
KGBOS · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
55% (6-11)
BlakeLAC · 15 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
55% (6-11)
BarnesLAC · 21 PTS, 2 STL, 1 BLK
54% (7-13)
Final · Mavs-Thunder
Mavs 105Thunder 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Mavs291636177105
Thunder2122302513111
The story
Serge Ibaka had 19 points and 17 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat Dallas 111-105 in OT

Shawn Marion led Dallas with 14 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST 19 PTS, 17 REB, 5 BLK · 7-10 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Thunder took the fourth 25-17.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −8−2−80+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Celtics-Clippers
Celtics 77Clippers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2027201077
Clippers30302224106
The story
Matt Barnes' 21 points carried Los Angeles past Boston, 106-77

For Boston, Courtney Lee had 12 PTS, 3 REB 21 PTS · 7-13 FG, 5-9 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 24-10, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
300 +10+13+15+29 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Lamar Odom was the fantasy play: 39.1 FPTS on 13 REB, 5 AST, 4 PTS

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.52011–12 avg23.3Last 2

23.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.5 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 9 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33, 33, 40Thunder-Mavs · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1998: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 20, 4, 7, 12, 11, 0, 15, 32Mavs-Thunder · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 19, 21, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20, 21Clippers-Celtics · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 12, 7, 18, 25, 4, 14, 15, 19Thunder-Mavs · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 11, 24, 17, 18, 20, 6, 15, 18Thunder-Mavs · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 12, 15, 11, 20, 8, 8, 10, 17Mavs-Thunder · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Marco BelinelliCHI+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.6 17.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin DurantOKC+4.2 32.7 last 10 · 28.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.2 34.4 last 10 · 30.2 season
Matt BarnesLAC+4.1 15.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.4 11.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Brandon BassBOS−2.8 5.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−2.7 7.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC−2.7 13.9 last 10 · 16.6 season