FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 20, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MIA by 3 after the first quarter and won 94–86.

Final · Box score
Thunder94
Heat86
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +8
Final · Box score
Spurs109
Nuggets99
Q1 Spurs 0; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +10
On this day · 2013–14Jan 20, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Chandler Parsons (Rockets-Blazers), 31 points.
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The lead · Thunder-Heat

OKC makes it three straight

Kevin Durant goes for 19 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-1+5+8OKC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder2425232294
Heat2723171986
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21, 19OKC19 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 22, 10, 25, 16, 17, 17, 19OKC19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23, 17, 4, 18MIA18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 15, 26, 18, 34, 8, 26, 30, 16MIA16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Spurs-Nuggets

Denver's skid reaches four

San Antonio won 109–99; the Nuggets fall to 18–24. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ CHI101–106Wvs MEM114–85W@ MIN110–101Wvs ORL93–90W@ SAC118–108Wvs DAL114–107L@ DAL89–97Lvs MIN105–113L@ GSW79–122Lvs SAS99–109
Lead changes
Thunder-Heat5
Spurs-Nuggets5
The night in charts
Spurs-Nuggets combined for 208, 28 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 109, Nuggets 99
208
Thunder-HeatThunder 94, Heat 86
180
OKC won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Thunder-HeatThunder 94, Heat 86
+8 OKC
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 109, Nuggets 99
+10 SAS
Duncan shot 6-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSAS · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
AfflaloDEN · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
55% (6-11)
FariedDEN · 26 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST
53% (9-17)
ParkerSAS · 18 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB
50% (8-16)
WestbrookOKC · 19 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL
47% (8-17)
Final · Thunder-Heat
Thunder 94Heat 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder2425232294
Heat2723171986
The story
Russell Westbrook had 19 points and 10 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat Miami 94-86

Dwyane Wade led Miami with 18 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 19 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 4 STL · 8-17 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the second, the Thunder took the third 23-17.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −3−1+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Nuggets
Spurs 109Nuggets 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs20312929109
Nuggets2028282399
The story
Kawhi Leonard's 17 points and 15 rebounds carried San Antonio past Denver, 109-99

For Denver, Arron Afflalo had 21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST · 6-13 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 29-23, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 0+3+4+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 11 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kenneth Faried leads the day with 26

Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 15, 2, 12, 22, 11, 6, 7, 26Nuggets-Spurs · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 34, 17, 22, 12, 16, 13, 2, 21Nuggets-Spurs · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 34, 14, 24, 32, 24, 36, 21, 19Thunder-Heat · W
25.0 PPG season to date · −6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 22, 10, 25, 16, 17, 17, 19Thunder-Heat · W
24.9 PPG season to date · −6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 3, 7, 12, 14, 10, 17, 4, 18Spurs-Nuggets · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 25, 20, 15, 25, 23, 17, 4, 18Heat-Thunder · L
22.0 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kemba WalkerCHA+8.0 27.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+6.0 18.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.9 21.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.3 15.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Brandon JenningsDET+5.1 20.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.8 15.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−6.3 18.6 last 10 · 24.9 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−4.4 6.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Chris CopelandIND−4.3 3.6 last 10 · 7.9 season