FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 15, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed CLE by 8 after the first quarter and won 92–86.

Final
CHA84
ATL93
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +9
Final
MEM123
ORL119
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +4
Final
SAC79
WAS92
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +13
Final
PHI92
CLE86
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +6
Final
IND106
MIA103
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +3
Final
NJN86
NYK94
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +8
Final
PHX98
NOH101
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +3
Final
DAL96
HOU83
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +13
Final
MIN92
MIL95
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +3
Final
DEN91
SAS102
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +11
Final
SEA75
UTA96
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +21
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 15, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs HOU), 53 points.
The lead · PHI @ CLE

Philadelphia fights back from 8 down against Cleveland

Final: 92–86, after trailing by 8 after one. Andre Miller led Philadelphia with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+5-1+6PHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1833162592
CLE2620221886
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 18, 26, 9, 11, 17, 10, 24, 20PHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 11, 24, 15, 17, 16, 25, 15, 20PHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 34, 45, 37, 30, 38, 15, 17, 29, 21CLE21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 15, 10, 14, 13, 8, 7, 13, 21CLE21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Jazz rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Seattle by 21.

IND over MIA3NOH over PHX3MIL over MIN3MEM over ORL4PHI over CLE6NYK over NJN8ATL over CHA9SAS over DEN11WAS over SAC13DAL over HOU13UTA over SEA21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd 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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 27, 11, 25, 24, 41, 18, 24, 27, 7, 32MIL vs MIN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 10, 29, 28, 6, 19, 29, 18, 32NYK vs NJN · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 21, 30, 17, 31, 17, 20, 12, 32MEM @ ORL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 39, 30, 17, 18, 30, 14, 20, 33, 31ORL vs MEM · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 15, 5, 21, 17, 24, 23, 23, 31ATL vs CHA · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Craig SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 6, 13, 20, 16, 36, 8, 3, 30MIN @ MIL · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Craig SmithMIN+4.3 15.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Chris PaulNOH+3.9 25.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
DeShawn StevensonWAS+3.2 11.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+2.9 23.1 last 10 · 20.2 season
Cold
Eddy CurryNYK−4.8 9.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.7 8.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA−3.1 11.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Devin HarrisDAL−2.9 10.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Chris WilcoxSEA−2.7 11.3 last 10 · 14.0 season