FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 11, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by POR (vs PHI) and NOK (vs CLE).

Final
PHX103
ORL89
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +14
Final
POR81
PHI79
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +2
Final
TOR77
MIA99
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +22
Final
MEM92
NJN105
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +13
Final
BOS97
NYK90
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +25; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +7
Final
CLE89
NOK95
Q1 NOK -4; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK -1; Q4 NOK +6
Final
IND91
CHI106
Q1 CHI +17; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +15
Final
DAL79
UTA101
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +22
Final
SAS103
LAC81
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +22
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2005–06Dec 11, 2005: 4 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ PHI

Portland takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 4 after three, Portland won the fourth 24–18. Final: 81–79. Zach Randolph led Portland with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+6-4+2POR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1924142481
PHI1324241879
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 18, 30, 28, 30, 31, 20, 29, 18POR18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 12, 2, 1, 6, 0, 17, 16, 17POR17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 17, 15, 11, 12, 13, 13, 19, 27PHI27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 19, 9, 6, 7, 13, 20, 16, 10PHI10 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CLE @ NOK

New Orleans/Oklahoma City takes care of Cleveland

A 6-point win, 95–89. Chris Paul led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over PHI2NOK over CLE6BOS over NYK7NJN over MEM13PHX over ORL14CHI over IND15MIA over TOR22UTA over DAL22SAS over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = NOK over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.2Season avg25.1Today

25 minutes today, against 5.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 21, 25, 23, 41, 20, 31, 19, 37NJN vs MEM · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 35, 33, 21, 23, 33, 32, 21, 37MIA vs TOR · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 4, 21, 23, 26, 24, 30, 8, 31UTA vs DAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 34, 31, 19, 8, 25, 36, 17, 31BOS @ NYK · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 18, 12, 16, 25, 26, 16, 11, 30NOK vs CLE · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 24, 24, 24, 27, 26, 22, 36, 30NYK vs BOS · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Eddy CurryNYK+7.1 25.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dahntay JonesMEM+3.5 11.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Andres NocioniCHI+3.5 19.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+3.5 11.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Alonzo MourningMIA+3.0 11.9 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.3 11.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jason TerryDAL−2.8 12.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−2.7 12.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Fred JonesTOR−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season