FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 9, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed HOU by 11 at halftime and won 93–80.

Final
HOU80
TOR93
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +13
Final
MIA100
LAC94
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +6
Final
CHA85
DET104
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +19
Final · OT
MIL113
POR117
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +4
Final
SEA88
NOH91
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +3
Final
NJN89
WAS104
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +15
Final
GSW113
LAL123
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +10
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 9, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs HOU), 41 points.
The lead · HOU @ TOR

Toronto handles Houston by 13

The Raptors won the fourth quarter 31–24. Final: 93–80. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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+6+13TOR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2223112480
TOR1618283193
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 22, 11, 31, 22, 41, 16, 10, 21TOR21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 4, 6, 2, 0, 17, 8, 4, 16TOR16 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 35, 36, 18, 11, 40, 17, 24, 23HOU23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 22, 14, 31, 10, 29, 24, 25, 15HOU15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Detroit by 19.

NOH over SEA3POR over MIL4MIA over LAC6LAL over GSW10TOR over HOU13WAS over NJN15DET over CHA19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 6.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 33

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 32, 13, 10, 13, 26, 21, 33, 33MIA @ LAC · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 14, 23, 13, 10, 8, 10, 13, 33MIL @ POR · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 19, 32, 24, 22, 19, 19, 32, 30NJN @ WAS · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 28, 8, 15, 11, 31, 20, 33, 14, 43, 29NOH vs SEA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28, 20, 25, 28LAL vs GSW · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 27, 35, 16, 20, 29, 27, 12, 28WAS vs NJN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Monta EllisGSW+3.3 19.8 last 10 · 16.5 season
Carlos DelfinoTOR+3.3 13.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+3.2 18.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Travis OutlawPOR+3.2 14.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.4 8.7 last 10 · 13.1 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