FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 18, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed LAC by 8 at halftime and won 80–77.

Final
SAC106
NJN101
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +5
Final
LAL103
CHI91
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +12
Final
TOR80
LAC77
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +3
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 18, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (SEA @ MEM), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAC

Toronto turns it around against Clippers

From 8 down at the half to a 3-point win: 80–77. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-4-8+5+3TOR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1922241580
LAC2326111777
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 41, 16, 10, 21, 20, 17, 22, 17, 24TOR24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jamario MoonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 8, 2, 4, 9, 4, 2, 13, 16TOR16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 23, 18, 24, 13, 23, 23, 27, 22LAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Richie FrahmPoints, last 3 games: 2, 5, 13LAC13 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ NJN

Sacramento handles New Jersey by 5

The Kings won the fourth quarter 29–23. Final: 106–101. John Salmons led Sacramento with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over LAC3SAC over NJN5LAL over CHI12Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Richard Jefferson leads the day with 36

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.
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 36, 31, 29, 9, 21, 24, 14, 36NJN vs SAC · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 21, 10, 25, 22, 10, 19, 10, 31SAC @ NJN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 11, 30, 17, 15, 20, 15, 29, 26CHI vs LAL · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 41, 16, 10, 21, 20, 17, 22, 17, 24TOR @ LAC · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 10, 9, 21, 15, 10, 8, 11, 24SAC @ NJN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 13, 11, 7, 17, 14, 25, 21, 23SAC @ NJN · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 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
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