FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 19, 2007Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 8 at halftime and won 111–98.

Final · OT
MIA111
ATL114
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +3
Final
DET87
BOS85
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +2
Final
UTA92
CHA98
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +6
Final
PHI85
IND102
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +17
Final
CHI95
WAS84
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +11
Final
CLE90
NYK108
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +18
Final
SAS85
MEM88
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +3
Final
SAC102
MIL89
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +13
Final
GSW111
MIN98
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +13
Final
ORL97
HOU92
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +5
Final
PHX105
DAL108
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +3
Final
TOR96
POR101
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +5
Final
NOH107
SEA93
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +18; Q4 NOH +14
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 19, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs TOR), 28 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIN

Golden State rallies from 8 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 8 at the half, Golden State outscored the Timberwolves 57–36 the rest of the way. Final: 111–98. Al Harrington led Golden State with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-8+12+13GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW26283720111
MIN2933171998
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 12, 6, 6, 3, 22, 7, 17, 25GSW25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 11, 21, 13, 6, 19, 8, 23, 24GSW24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 17, 32, 14, 22, 22, 23, 22, 24MIN24 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 11, 10, 8, 15, 17, 12, 19, 23MIN23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 18.

DET over BOS2ATL over MIA3MEM over SAS3DAL over PHX3ORL over HOU5POR over TOR5CHA over UTA6CHI over WAS11SAC over MIL13GSW over MIN13NOH over SEA14IND over PHI17NYK over CLE18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 21, 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36MIA @ ATL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 45, 37, 30, 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32CLE @ NYK · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 32, 16, 36, 13, 7, 20, 31, 31DAL vs PHX · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 14, 26, 3, 5, 23, 19, 20, 31MEM vs SAS · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 29, 27, 12, 28, 20, 19, 12, 29WAS vs CHI · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 18, 27, 20, 28, 15, 23, 19, 28DET @ BOS · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 8 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+4.5 16.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Rudy GayMEM+3.8 23.5 last 10 · 19.7 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.7 15.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Chris PaulNOH+3.4 24.4 last 10 · 21.0 season
Allen IversonDEN+3.3 29.2 last 10 · 25.9 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−4.4 18.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.3 10.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Eddy CurryNYK−3.3 11.3 last 10 · 14.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.2 6.3 last 10 · 9.5 season