FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 7, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed SAC by 11 at halftime and won 97–87.

Final
CHI98
DET91
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
IND115
ORL109
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +6
Final
NYK90
PHI101
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +11
Final
PHX122
WAS107
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +15
Final
TOR84
BOS112
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +36; Q4 BOS +28
Final
HOU96
NJN89
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +7
Final · OT
MEM116
NOH118
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +2
Final
UTA98
SAS104
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAC97
SAC87
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +10
Final
MIA113
GSW120
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW -9; Q4 GSW +7
Final
MIL98
SEA104
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +6
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 · 2006–07Dec 7, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (PHX @ NJN), 42 points.
The lead · LAC @ SAC

Clippers climb out of an 11-point hole against Sacramento

Down 11 at the half, the Clippers won the third quarter 30–18 and the game 97–87. Chris Kaman led Clippers with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-11+1+10LAC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2219302697
SAC2824181787
Who led
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 17, 18, 22, 16, 22, 13, 19, 26LAC26 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 13, 22, 21, 26, 19, 20, 23, 18LAC18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 16, 33, 17, 20, 21, 26, 23, 21SAC21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mikki MoorePoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 5, 6, 8, 17, 10, 4, 11, 13SAC13 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIA @ GSW

Golden State turns it around against Miami

From 10 down at the half to a 7-point win: 120–113. Stephen Jackson led Golden State with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs MIA
Stephen Jackson · GSWDwyane Wade · MIAPTS2833REB22AST310Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 13 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg49.5Today

50 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 43

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 8, 15, 11, 31, 20, 33, 14, 43NOH vs MEM · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 27, 17, 24, 27, 11, 25, 24, 41MIL @ SEA · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 11, 22, 9, 19, 31, 11, 37, 37SAS vs UTA · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 12, 25, 25, 22, 35, 6, 16, 35SEA vs MIL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 31, 32, 13, 10, 13, 26, 21, 33MIA @ GSW · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 15, 19, 32, 24, 22, 19, 19, 32NJN vs HOU · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 7 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
Jamaal TinsleyIND+3.2 18.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tony ParkerSAS+2.4 23.0 last 10 · 20.6 season
Carlos DelfinoTOR+2.2 12.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Bostjan NachbarNJN+1.8 11.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+1.7 27.6 last 10 · 25.9 season
Cold
Jason TerryDAL−3.6 13.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.2 10.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−2.5 11.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rashard LewisORL−2.2 17.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−2.1 15.7 last 10 · 17.8 season