FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 30, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed DET by 10 at halftime and won 106–99.

Final · Box score
Wizards106
Pistons99
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS -9; Q4 WAS +7
Final · Box score
Bulls95
Grizzlies91
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +4
Final · Box score
Mavs100
Wolves98
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 Mavs 0; Q4 DAL +2
Final · Box score
Blazers108
Pelicans110
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +2
Final · Box score
Heat97
Nuggets94
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Box score
Bobcats80
Jazz83
Q1 Jazz 0; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +3
Final · Box score
Suns107
Clippers88
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +21; Q3 PHX +29; Q4 PHX +19
On this day · 2012–13Dec 30, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (Bucks-Pistons), 30 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Pistons

Washington climbs back to beat Detroit

Mike Conley goes for 26 points

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-10-9+7WAS AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards33202528106
Pistons3231241299
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20, 26, 20, 29WAS29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 10, 11, 10, 15, 27, 10, 15, 15WAS15 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 13, 12, 13, 10, 11, 6, 14, 22DET22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 8, 9, 5, 2, 4, 0, 2, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 19.

DAL over MIN2NOP over POR2MIA over DEN3UTA over CHA3CHI over MEM4WAS over DET7PHX over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Lead changes
Heat-Nuggets10
Mavs-Wolves6
Bulls-Grizzlies5
Bobcats-Jazz5
Suns-Clippers2
The night in charts
Blazers-Pelicans combined for 218, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-PelicansBlazers 108, Pelicans 110
218
Wizards-PistonsWizards 106, Pistons 99
205
Mavs-WolvesMavs 100, Wolves 98
198
Suns-ClippersSuns 107, Clippers 88
195
Heat-NuggetsHeat 97, Nuggets 94
191
Bulls-GrizzliesBulls 95, Grizzlies 91
186
Bobcats-JazzBobcats 80, Jazz 83
163
5 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-PelicansBlazers 108, Pelicans 110
+2 NOP
Mavs-WolvesMavs 100, Wolves 98
+2 DAL
Heat-NuggetsHeat 97, Nuggets 94
+3 MIA
Bobcats-JazzBobcats 80, Jazz 83
+3 UTA
Bulls-GrizzliesBulls 95, Grizzlies 91
+4 CHI
Wizards-PistonsWizards 106, Pistons 99
+7 WAS
Suns-ClippersSuns 107, Clippers 88
+19 PHX
WAS erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wizards-PistonsWAS won · Wizards 106, Pistons 99
10 pts
Heat-NuggetsMIA won · Heat 97, Nuggets 94
9 pts
Bulls-GrizzliesCHI won · Bulls 95, Grizzlies 91
5 pts
Marion shot 14-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MarionDAL · 32 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
74% (14-19)
DrummondDET · 16 PTS, 16 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
ADNOP · 27 PTS, 12 REB, 5 BLK, 1 AST
68% (13-19)
DragicPHX · 26 PTS, 8 AST, 5 STL, 1 REB
67% (10-15)
BoshMIA · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
Final · Blazers-Pelicans
Blazers 108Pelicans 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers21283326108
Pelicans26303321110
The story
Jrue Holiday had 31 points and 13 assists as New Orleans beat Portland 110-108

LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 28 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 31 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB · 14-28 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Pelicans won the first 26-21, their biggest quarter edge.

NOP lead by quarter
200 +5+7+7+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Wolves
Mavs 100Wolves 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs29331919100
Wolves2320381798
The story
Shawn Marion's 32 points carried Dallas past Minnesota, 100-98

For Minnesota, Ricky Rubio had 13 AST, 9 REB, 4 PTS 32 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 14-19 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 33-20, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +6+190+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Nuggets
Heat 97Nuggets 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2917262597
Nuggets3025221794
The story
Miami beat Denver 97-94 behind 26 points and 10 assists from LeBron James

Ty Lawson paced Denver: 26 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB 26 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB · 8-15 FG, 5-9 3PT

The swing

A 25-17 fourth quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −1−9−5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 36

Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 26, 42, 30, 27, 29, 25, 45, 25, 33, 36Wolves-Mavs · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 13, 10, 14, 10, 4, 4, 14, 32Mavs-Wolves · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 12, 11, 13, 13, 17, 17, 3, 31Pelicans-Blazers · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 13, 24, 20, 21, 20, 26, 20, 29Wizards-Pistons · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 16, 23, 36, 36, 29, 14, 16, 29Blazers-Pelicans · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 20, 27, 26, 15, 18, 32, 22, 28Blazers-Pelicans · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kyrie IrvingCLE+5.9 28.5 last 10 · 22.6 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.3 31.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Terrence RossTOR+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Brandon KnightMIL+4.3 18.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Nick YoungLAL+4.0 20.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Kevin MartinMIN−5.9 14.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.9 9.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Enes KanterUTA−3.9 6.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Corey BrewerMIN−3.7 8.4 last 10 · 12.1 season