FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 8, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHX by 4 after the first quarter and won 100–93.

Final
MEM78
ATL86
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +8
Final
CLE93
CHA96
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +3
Final
PHI105
NYK77
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +28
Final
PHX93
MIN100
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +7
Final
BOS92
CHI81
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +11
Final
UTA117
DAL125
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Final
SAC97
DEN101
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +4
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 8, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: JR Smith (DEN vs MIA), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Al Jefferson posts 32 and 20 as Minnesota beats Phoenix

32 points and 20 rebounds in a 100–93 win.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-4-1+7+7MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3224241393
MIN28273213100
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 23, 14, 31, 23, 9, 12, 17, 32MIN32 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Marko JaricPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 9, 14, 20, 21, 12, 4, 18, 19MIN19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 10, 18, 17, 15, 14, 10, 12, 18PHX18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 16, 4, 17, 15, 4, 35, 20, 17PHX17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHA

Charlotte holds off Cleveland, 96–93

Charlotte led 69–68 after three and held on to win by three. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over CLE3DEN over SAC4MIN over PHX7ATL over MEM8DAL over UTA8BOS over CHI11PHI over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.2Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
21.22006–07 avg8.5Last 2

8.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.2 in 2006–07 (60 games). Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Josh Howard leads the day with 47

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.
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 17, 12, 23, 19, 27, 22, 20, 47DAL vs UTA · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high47 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 21, 26, 15, 35, 24, 30, 28, 41UTA @ DAL · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 23, 14, 31, 23, 9, 12, 17, 32MIN vs PHX · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 16, 12, 10, 16, 22, 13, 28, 25ATL vs MEM · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 21, 2, 12, 4, 13, 21, 10, 25SAC @ DEN · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 0, 9, 2, 8, 11, 7, 2, 25NYK vs PHI · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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
Deron WilliamsUTA+4.0 25.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
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
Juan Carlos NavarroMEM+2.0 12.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.2 10.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.0 10.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−2.6 15.2 last 10 · 17.8 season
Jason TerryDAL−2.4 14.4 last 10 · 16.8 season
Rashard LewisORL−2.2 17.1 last 10 · 19.3 season