FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 17, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by MIA (vs MIN) and ATL (vs UTA).

Final
UTA111
ATL116
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +5
Final · 2OT
MIL99
CLE104
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE 0; OT2 CLE +5
Final
MIN87
MIA91
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +4
Final
IND119
NYK92
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +27
Final
GSW125
MEM117
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +8
Final
ORL108
DAL111
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +3
Final
PHX100
SAS95
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +5
Final
NOH76
POR88
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +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 17, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ LAL), 60 points.
The lead · MIN @ MIA

Minnesota's skid reaches five

Miami won 91–87; the Timberwolves fall to 3–20. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+3-6-4+4MIA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2423172387
MIA2714193191
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 26, 21, 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30MIA30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 9, 15, 10, 17, 21, 19, 24, 18MIA18 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 12, 17, 32, 14, 22, 22, 23, 22MIN22 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 14, 11, 10, 8, 15, 17, 12, 19MIN19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat New York by 27, the widest margin of 8 games.

DAL over ORL3MIA over MIN4ATL over UTA5CLE over MIL5PHX over SAS5GSW over MEM8POR over NOH12IND over NYK27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 39

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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 19, 28, 24, 29, 24, 22, 21, 39UTA @ ATL · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 28, 26, 15, 16, 20, 2, 8, 36SAS vs PHX · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 17, 22, 12, 23, 17, 23, 6, 36IND @ NYK · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 30, 17, 31, 17, 20, 12, 32, 32MEM vs GSW · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 15, 32, 16, 36, 13, 7, 20, 31DAL vs ORL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 45, 37, 30, 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31CLE vs MIL · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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
Chris PaulNOH+4.4 25.4 last 10 · 21.0 season
Travis OutlawPOR+4.2 16.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.8 15.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL+3.5 13.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Allen IversonDEN+3.3 29.2 last 10 · 25.9 season
Cold
Eddy CurryNYK−4.1 10.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.7 8.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.7 9.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Steve NashPHX−3.5 14.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Baron DavisGSW−3.4 18.5 last 10 · 21.9 season