FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 8, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Celtics114
Knicks73
Q1 Celtics +23; Q2 Celtics +27; Q3 Celtics +36; Q4 Celtics +41
Final · Box score
Heat110
Pistons95
Q1 Heat +8; Q2 Heat +6; Q3 Heat +21; Q4 Heat +15
Final · Box score
Magic88
Rockets98
Q1 Rockets +10; Q2 Rockets +14; Q3 Rockets +22; Q4 Rockets +10
Final · Box score
Pacers94
Thunder118
Q1 Thunder +10; Q2 Thunder +19; Q3 Thunder +21; Q4 Thunder +24
Final · Box score
Raptors106
Lakers94
Q1 Raptors +10; Q2 Raptors +4; Q3 Raptors +5; Q4 Raptors +12
On this day · 2012–13Dec 8, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: O.J. Mayo (Mavs-Rockets), 40 points.
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The lead · Magic-Rockets

Houston gets past Orlando

Dwight Howard goes for 22 rebounds

Game flow · Rockets margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+14+22+10Rockets AHEAD ↑Magic AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic1820232788
Rockets2824311598
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 15, 23, 9, 31, 37, 14, 34, 27Rockets27 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 11, 15, 11, 12, 13, 15, 15, 22, 20Rockets20 PTS · 22 REB · 3 AST
Glen DavisPoints, last 9 games: 20, 6, 8, 19, 10, 2, 33, 4, 18Magic18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 16, 26, 18, 17, 21, 43, 20, 16Magic16 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Raptors-Lakers

Toronto never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 106–94. Amir Johnson led Toronto with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
Rockets over Magic10Raptors over Lakers12Heat over Pistons15Thunder over Pacers24Celtics over Knicks41Final margin, points. Pink = Raptors over Lakers.
Lead changes
Magic-Rockets2
Heat-Pistons0
Pacers-Thunder0
Raptors-Lakers0
The night in charts
Pacers-Thunder combined for 212, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Pacers-ThunderPacers 94, Thunder 118
212
Heat-PistonsHeat 110, Pistons 95
205
Raptors-LakersRaptors 106, Lakers 94
200
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 114, Knicks 73
187
Magic-RocketsMagic 88, Rockets 98
186
Rockets won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Magic-RocketsMagic 88, Rockets 98
+10 Rockets
Raptors-LakersRaptors 106, Lakers 94
+12 Raptors
Heat-PistonsHeat 110, Pistons 95
+15 Heat
Pacers-ThunderPacers 94, Thunder 118
+24 Thunder
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 114, Knicks 73
+41 Celtics
Amir Johnson shot 14-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amir JohnsonRaptors · 32 PTS, 10 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
82% (14-17)
DrummondPistons · 19 PTS, 14 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
73% (8-11)
SullingerCeltics · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
LeBronHeat · 24 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
WestbrookThunder · 26 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
Final · Magic-Rockets
Magic 88Rockets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic1820232788
Rockets2824311598
The story
James Harden had 27 points and 10 assists as Houston beat Orlando 98-88

Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 15 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 27 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB · 7-17 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 28-18, their biggest quarter edge.

Rockets lead by quarter
300 +10+14+22+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Lakers
Raptors 106Lakers 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors30212233106
Lakers2027212694
The story
Toronto beat Los Angeles 106-94 behind 32 points and 10 rebounds from Amir Johnson

Nick Young paced Los Angeles: 19 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 32 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 14-17 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 30-20 first quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

Raptors lead by quarter
200 +10+4+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Thunder
Pacers 94Thunder 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers1819322594
Thunder28283428118
The story
Russell Westbrook's 26 points and 13 assists carried Oklahoma City past Indiana, 118-94

For Indiana, Paul George had 32 PTS, 5 REB 26 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB · 11-17 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 28-18, was where the Thunder built it.

Thunder lead by quarter
300 +10+19+21+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 36

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36Thunder-Pacers · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 7, 14, 6, 2, 0, 16, 22, 32Raptors-Lakers · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 26, 15, 23, 27, 43, 19, 28, 32Pacers-Thunder · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 15, 23, 9, 31, 37, 14, 34, 27Rockets-Magic · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 12, 6, 34, 19, 15, 21, 25, 26Thunder-Pacers · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 33, 17, 27, 25, 17, 26, 13, 26Raptors-Lakers · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jordan CrawfordCeltics+3.4 17.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Joe JohnsonNets+3.0 18.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Andray BlatcheNets+3.0 13.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Nikola PekovicWolves+2.6 18.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jeff GreenCeltics+2.6 19.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Shaun LivingstonNets−3.3 3.6 last 10 · 6.9 season
Enes KanterJazz−3.1 9.4 last 10 · 12.5 season
Gordon HaywardJazz−3.0 13.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Blake GriffinClippers−2.7 17.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Josh SmithPistons−2.3 11.6 last 10 · 13.9 season