FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 13, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 2 after three quarters and won 102–97.

Final
WAS104
MIA91
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +13
Final
SAS97
LAL102
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +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 13, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs MIL), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 30 in Lakers win over San Antonio

Final: 102–97. Kobe Bryant added 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-1+8-2+5LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1924312397
LAL18332130102
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28, 20, 25, 28, 30LAL30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 20, 12, 7, 19, 9, 17, 14, 15LAL15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Bruce BowenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 10, 12, 10, 10, 0, 2, 3, 22SAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 8, 6, 8, 17, 4, 3, 5, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · WAS @ MIA

Washington leads Miami wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 104–91. Best quarter: the second, 31–33. DeShawn Stevenson led Washington with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs MIA
DeShawn Stevenson · WASChris Quinn · MIAPTS2622REB32AST32Top 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
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.7Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg21.2Last 3

21.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 30

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28, 20, 25, 28, 30LAL vs SAS · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 10, 10, 11, 0, 2, 12, 14, 26WAS @ MIA · W
8.0 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Bruce BowenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 10, 12, 10, 10, 0, 2, 3, 22SAS @ LAL · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris QuinnPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 5, 0, 0, 3, 9, 13, 12, 22MIA vs WAS · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 16, 20, 29, 27, 12, 28, 20, 19WAS @ MIA · W
22.6 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 18, 9, 9, 15, 10, 17, 21, 19MIA vs WAS · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 11 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
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