FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 10, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed TOR by 12 after the first quarter and won 116–103.

Final · Box score
Knicks94
Cavs109
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +15
Final · Box score
Heat84
Pacers90
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +6
Final · Box score
Spurs116
Raptors103
Q1 SAS -12; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Thunder101
Hawks92
Q1 Thunder 0; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +9
Final · Box score
Celtics96
Nets104
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +13; Q4 BKN +8
Final · Box score
Wolves121
Pistons94
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +27
Final · Box score
Bucks78
Bulls74
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +4
Final · Box score
Suns114
Lakers108
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +6
On this day · 2012–13Dec 10, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Jeremy Lin (Rockets-Spurs), 38 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Raptors

San Antonio climbs out of a 12-point hole against Toronto

John Henson goes for 25 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+6+15+13SAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs24353027116
Raptors36172129103
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 8, 16, 12, 11, 9, 10, 16, 16SAS16 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 20, 12, 14, 16, 27, 15, 13, 15SAS15 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Amir JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 14, 6, 2, 0, 16, 22, 32, 19TOR19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 17, 27, 25, 17, 26, 13, 26, 19TOR19 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Minnesota by 27.

MIL over CHI4IND over MIA6PHX over LAL6BKN over BOS8OKC over ATL9SAS over TOR13CLE over NYK15MIN over DET27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Bucks-Bulls4
Spurs-Raptors3
Knicks-Cavs2
Heat-Pacers1
Celtics-Nets1
Suns-Lakers1
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 222, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 114, Lakers 108
222
Spurs-RaptorsSpurs 116, Raptors 103
219
Wolves-PistonsWolves 121, Pistons 94
215
Knicks-CavsKnicks 94, Cavs 109
203
Celtics-NetsCeltics 96, Nets 104
200
Thunder-HawksThunder 101, Hawks 92
193
Heat-PacersHeat 84, Pacers 90
174
Bucks-BullsBucks 78, Bulls 74
152
MIL won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Bucks-BullsBucks 78, Bulls 74
+4 MIL
Heat-PacersHeat 84, Pacers 90
+6 IND
Suns-LakersSuns 114, Lakers 108
+6 PHX
Celtics-NetsCeltics 96, Nets 104
+8 BKN
Thunder-HawksThunder 101, Hawks 92
+9 OKC
Spurs-RaptorsSpurs 116, Raptors 103
+13 SAS
Knicks-CavsKnicks 94, Cavs 109
+15 CLE
Wolves-PistonsWolves 121, Pistons 94
+27 MIN
SAS erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-RaptorsSAS won · Spurs 116, Raptors 103
12 pts
Heat-PacersIND won · Heat 84, Pacers 90
11 pts
Bucks-BullsMIL won · Bucks 78, Bulls 74
7 pts
Amir Johnson shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amir JohnsonTOR · 19 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
82% (9-11)
Brook LopezBKN · 24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
77% (10-13)
Marcus MorrisPHX · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
77% (10-13)
Amar'eNYK · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
HibbertIND · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
Final · Bucks-Bulls
Bucks 78Bulls 74
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2015202378
Bulls1428151774
The story
Brandon Knight's 19 points and 10 rebounds carried Milwaukee past Chicago, 78-74

For Chicago, Mike Dunleavy had 24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 8-23 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 20-14, was where the Bucks built it.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +6−7−2+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Pacers
Heat 84Pacers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat3017172084
Pacers1921282290
The story
Roy Hibbert had 24 points as Indiana beat Miami 90-84

Dwyane Wade led Miami with 17 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST 24 PTS, 5 REB · 10-15 FG

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Pacers took the third 28-17.

IND lead by quarter
200 −11−7+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James led the game in fantasy with 44.3 FPTS (17 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST)

Final · Spurs-Raptors
Spurs 116Raptors 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs24353027116
Raptors36172129103
The story
San Antonio beat Toronto 116-103 behind 16 points and 9 assists from Manu Ginobili

Amir Johnson paced Toronto: 19 PTS, 9 REB 16 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB · 5-10 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

A 35-17 second quarter erased a 12-point hole for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −12+6+15+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 37

Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 0, 20, 37Cavs-Knicks · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 14, 31, 19, 24, 16, 19, 14, 31Suns-Lakers · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 24, 25, 32, 27, 33, 29, 36, 30Thunder-Hawks · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 34, 27, 27, 23, 19, 20, 19, 29Knicks-Cavs · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 10, 17, 27, 20, 19, 21, 16, 26Wolves-Pistons · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
John HensonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 5, 7, 13, 11, 12, 19, 18, 25Bucks-Bulls · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
John WallWAS+3.7 23.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS+3.6 17.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Channing FryePHX+3.6 14.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+3.0 20.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+2.5 13.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Kevin LoveMIN−3.4 20.4 last 10 · 23.8 season
Shaun LivingstonBKN−3.0 3.7 last 10 · 6.7 season
Chris BoshMIA−2.6 11.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Blake GriffinLAC−2.3 18.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Enes KanterUTA−2.3 10.5 last 10 · 12.8 season