FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 11, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 2 points, by TOR (vs ATL) and GSW (vs SAS).

Final
TOR100
ATL88
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +12
Final
IND105
CLE118
Q1 CLE +21; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +13
Final
MIN88
WAS102
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +14
Final
LAC91
NJN82
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +9
Final
DET113
MEM103
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +10
Final
SEA96
CHI123
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +27
Final
POR97
UTA89
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAS84
GSW96
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +12
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 11, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs MEM), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Toronto beats Atlanta, 100–88

Toronto led 69–68 after three and won by 12. T.J. Ford led Toronto with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+11+1+12TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR19351531100
ATL2122252088
Who led
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 29, 13, 2, 4, 27, 12, 3, 26TOR26 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 11, 31, 22, 41, 16, 10, 21, 20TOR20 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 21, 17, 15, 5, 21, 17, 24, 23ATL23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 7, 18, 16, 11, 20, 17, 12, 23ATL23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ GSW

Golden State upsets San Antonio

Golden State (11–9) beat San Antonio (17–3) 96–84. Stephen Jackson led Golden State with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over UTA8LAC over NJN9DET over MEM10TOR over ATL12GSW over SAS12CLE over IND13WAS over MIN14CHI over SEA27Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 17 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Craig Smith leads the day with 36

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.
Craig SmithPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 10, 17, 10, 6, 13, 20, 16, 36MIN @ WAS · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +26.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 8 games: 7, 9, 6, 12, 3, 4, 22, 36CLE vs IND · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 36, 30, 26, 24, 19, 28, 24, 29UTA vs POR · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 7, 18, 18, 10, 18, 27, 20, 28DET @ MEM · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 17, 21, 34, 10, 13, 11, 13, 27CHI vs SEA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 18, 8, 19, 14, 21, 24, 18, 27DET @ MEM · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+3.5 24.3 last 10 · 20.8 season
Travis OutlawPOR+3.5 14.9 last 10 · 11.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+3.4 18.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Monta EllisGSW+3.3 19.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Juan Carlos NavarroMEM+2.7 12.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.4 8.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−3.0 14.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Al HarringtonGSW−2.5 11.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Rashard LewisORL−2.4 16.7 last 10 · 19.1 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−2.4 11.0 last 10 · 13.4 season