FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 1, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DEN by 11 at halftime and won 106–101.

Final · Box score
Nuggets101
Bulls106
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +5
Final · Box score
Kings110
Wolves107
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +3
On this day · 2013–14Jan 1, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Blake Griffin (Clippers-Hornets), 31 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Bulls

Chicago climbs back to beat Denver

Pau Gasol goes for 17 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-11+3+5CHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets23302127101
Bulls22203529106
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 31, 27, 11, 21, 33, 27, 8, 26CHI26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 6, 14, 18, 23, 8, 20, 10, 17CHI17 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 16, 4, 6, 11, 21, 20, 9, 22DEN22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29, 16, 28, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Kings-Wolves

Sacramento leads Minnesota wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 110–107. Best quarter: the first, 37–29. Rudy Gay led Sacramento with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Kings-Wolves
Rudy Gay · SACAndrew Wiggins · MINPTS2127REB69AST52Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Bulls15
Kings-Wolves0
The night in charts
Kings-Wolves combined for 217, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-WolvesKings 110, Wolves 107
217
Nuggets-BullsNuggets 101, Bulls 106
207
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Kings-WolvesKings 110, Wolves 107
+3 SAC
Nuggets-BullsNuggets 101, Bulls 106
+5 CHI
Dieng shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DiengMIN · 15 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
Derrick WilliamsSAC · 17 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
GaySAC · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL
58% (7-12)
CousinsSAC · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
57% (8-14)
AfflaloDEN · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
57% (8-14)
Final · Kings-Wolves
Kings 110Wolves 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings37232426110
Wolves29292227107
The story
Rudy Gay had 21 points as Sacramento beat Minnesota 110-107

Gorgui Dieng led Minnesota with 15 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 21 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL · 7-12 FG

The swing

The Kings won the first 37-29, their biggest quarter edge.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +8+2+4+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Bulls
Nuggets 101Bulls 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets23302127101
Bulls22203529106
The story
Jimmy Butler's 26 points and 8 assists carried Chicago past Denver, 106-101

For Denver, Ty Lawson had 20 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST 26 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST · 8-14 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Bulls trailed by 11 going into the third, then won it 35-21.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −1−11+3+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg30.8Today

31 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Wiggins leads the day with 27

Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 9, 5, 5, 27, 22, 10, 21, 27Wolves-Kings · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 31, 27, 11, 21, 33, 27, 8, 26Bulls-Nuggets · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 16, 4, 6, 11, 21, 20, 9, 22Nuggets-Bulls · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 20, 24, 13, 16, 29, 25, 9, 21Kings-Wolves · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 15, 19, 17, 19, 27, 16, 14, 21Kings-Wolves · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 10, 15, 18, 29, 16, 28, 16, 20Nuggets-Bulls · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Mason PlumleeBKN+6.9 16.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Shabazz MuhammadMIN+6.1 20.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+5.9 23.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
CJ MilesIND+5.1 16.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jared DudleyMIL+4.7 11.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.2 9.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 20.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Chris CopelandIND−3.6 6.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Donald SloanIND−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season