FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 12, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed LAC by 12 at halftime and won 108–103.

Final
LAC103
CHA108
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA -12; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +5
Final
CHI102
IND117
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +15
Final
MIN94
PHI98
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +4
Final
DAL76
TOR92
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +16
Final
SAC78
BOS90
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +12
Final
SEA117
NYK110
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +7
Final
DET77
HOU80
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
ORL86
MIL100
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +14
Final
NOH99
DEN105
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +6
Final
GSW95
POR105
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +10
Final
UTA98
PHX103
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +5
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 12, 2006: 4 games. Top scorer: Matt Barnes (GSW vs SAC), 32 points.
The lead · LAC @ CHA

Charlotte rallies from 12 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 12 at the half, Charlotte outscored the Clippers 65–48 the rest of the way. Final: 108–103. Raymond Felton led Charlotte with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-1-12+7+5CHA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC21341731103
CHA20233629108
Who led
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 18, 14, 5, 0, 17, 15, 12, 26CHA26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 15, 7, 21, 10, 10, 19, 14, 25CHA25 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 26, 19, 20, 23, 18, 24, 13, 23LAC23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 16, 22, 13, 19, 26, 14, 18, 17LAC17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHI @ IND

Indiana climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 9 after one. Indiana won it 117–102. Kareem Rush led Indiana with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs CHI
Kareem Rush · INDBen Gordon · CHIPTS2218REB25AST31Top 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
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 32

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 25, 23, 24, 30, 26, 23, 14, 32DEN vs NOH · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 11, 31, 20, 33, 14, 43, 29, 30NOH @ DEN · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 22, 35, 6, 16, 35, 23, 16, 30SEA @ NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 15, 9, 18, 10, 12, 14, 11, 29PHX vs UTA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 8, 25, 10, 29, 28, 6, 19, 29NYK vs SEA · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 36, 18, 11, 40, 17, 24, 23, 12, 29HOU vs DET · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Travis OutlawPOR+4.4 16.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+4.2 24.9 last 10 · 20.7 season
Monta EllisGSW+3.3 19.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+3.3 18.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakSEA+2.8 14.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.5 8.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eddy CurryNYK−2.8 12.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.6 9.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−2.5 14.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−2.4 11.0 last 10 · 13.4 season