FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 14, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed MIN by 15 after the first quarter and won 99–88.

Final
TOR104
IND93
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +11
Final
SAC109
PHI99
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +10
Final
MIL82
BOS104
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +22
Final
ORL103
CHA87
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +16
Final
ATL81
DET91
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +10
Final
LAC98
MEM91
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +7
Final
SEA99
MIN88
Q1 SEA -15; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +11
Final
CLE97
NJN105
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -7; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +8
Final
NYK96
CHI101
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +5
Final
NOH80
DAL89
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +9
Final
UTA91
POR99
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +8
Final
LAL106
GSW108
Q1 GSW -11; Q2 GSW -7; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +2
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 14, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU @ GSW), 38 points.
The lead · SEA @ MIN

Seattle storms back from 15 down to beat Minnesota

The SuperSonics trailed by 15 after one and won 99–88. Chris Wilcox led Seattle with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-3+10+11SEA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA1132322499
MIN2620192388
Who led
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 12, 16, 4, 14, 13, 9, 8, 19SEA19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 4, 6, 5, 8, 12, 6, 9, 18SEA18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 23, 9, 12, 17, 32, 14, 22, 22MIN22 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 21, 18, 14, 11, 10, 8, 15, 17MIN17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ GSW

Golden State climbs out of an 11-point hole against Lakers

Down 11 after one, the Warriors won the third quarter 36–31 and the game 108–106. Baron Davis led Golden State with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs LAL
Baron Davis · GSWKobe Bryant · LALPTS2221REB36AST65Top 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
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg12.1Last 3

12.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard 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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 39, 30, 17, 18, 30, 14, 20, 33ORL @ CHA · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 24, 22, 19, 19, 32, 30, 16, 32NJN vs CLE · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 21, 27, 7, 19, 18, 10, 26, 32BOS vs MIL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 40, 34, 45, 37, 30, 38, 15, 17, 29CLE @ NJN · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 29, 11, 30, 17, 15, 20, 15, 29CHI vs NYK · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 4, 26, 25, 26, 16, 21, 29POR vs UTA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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+5.5 17.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+3.6 23.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Chris PaulNOH+3.3 24.8 last 10 · 21.5 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.2 13.9 last 10 · 10.7 season
Mikki MooreSAC+2.9 10.8 last 10 · 7.9 season
Cold
Eddy CurryNYK−4.6 9.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.6 8.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.0 9.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.7 9.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−2.5 14.4 last 10 · 16.9 season