FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 20, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by CLE (vs LAL) and DEN (vs HOU).

Final · OT
NJN107
MIA103
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final
LAL90
CLE94
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +4
Final · 2OT
HOU111
DEN112
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN 0; OT2 DEN +1
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 20, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs CLE), 38 points.
The lead · HOU @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony scores 37, Denver wins in double overtime

Tied 94–94 after regulation. Final: 112–111.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-5+2+400+1DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
HOU2319272589111
DEN18262921810112
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37DEN37 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 51, 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36DEN36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 24, 25, 15, 12, 21, 28, 19, 26HOU26 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 4, 4, 2, 18, 6, 6, 6, 22HOU22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · LAL @ CLE

Cleveland takes care of Lakers

A 4-point win, 94–90. LeBron James led Cleveland with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over HOU1NJN over MIA4CLE over LAL4Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.6Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 23.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg19.5Last 3

19.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

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: 26, 21, 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41MIA vs NJN · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37DEN vs HOU · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 51, 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36DEN vs HOU · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33CLE vs LAL · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 19, 32, 30, 16, 32, 24, 15, 31NJN @ MIA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 31, 29, 9, 21, 24, 14, 36, 29NJN @ MIA · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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
Travis OutlawPOR+4.5 16.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.1 13.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allen IversonDEN+3.9 30.2 last 10 · 26.3 season
Rudy GayMEM+3.8 23.5 last 10 · 19.7 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.7 15.1 last 10 · 11.4 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