FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 21, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed IND by 20 after the first quarter and won 131–118.

Final
CHI82
BOS107
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +25
Final
NYK95
CHA105
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +23; Q3 CHA +19; Q4 CHA +10
Final
UTA113
ORL94
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +19
Final
LAL106
PHI101
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +5
Final
ATL97
WAS92
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
MEM67
DET94
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +27
Final
IND118
MIN131
Q1 MIN -20; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +13
Final
LAC89
DAL102
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +13
Final
DEN96
POR99
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +3
Final
TOR115
SEA123
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA -6; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +8
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 21, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC vs WAS), 40 points.
The lead · IND @ MIN

Minnesota storms back from 20 down to beat Indiana

The Timberwolves trailed by 20 after one and won 131–118. Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20+5+11+13MIN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND40153033118
MIN20403635131
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 32, 14, 22, 22, 23, 22, 24, 29MIN29 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Sebastian TelfairPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 10, 11, 4, 5, 7, 17, 6, 27MIN27 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 12, 23, 17, 23, 6, 36, 19, 30IND30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 27, 11, 9, 15, 16, 16, 13, 14IND14 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Detroit by 27.

POR over DEN3LAL over PHI5ATL over WAS5SEA over TOR8CHA over NYK10MIN over IND13DAL over LAC13UTA over ORL19BOS over CHI25DET over MEM27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 34

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37, 34DEN @ POR · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 51, 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36, 34DEN @ POR · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 17, 24, 23, 23, 31, 26, 25, 32ATL @ WAS · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 17, 16, 22, 22, 16, 16, 24, 30WAS vs ATL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 16, 36, 13, 7, 20, 31, 31, 30DAL vs LAC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 12, 23, 17, 23, 6, 36, 19, 30IND @ MIN · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Allen IversonDEN+4.9 31.5 last 10 · 26.6 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.5 23.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Craig SmithMIN+4.3 15.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.1 13.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Travis OutlawPOR+4.0 16.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−4.4 18.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.0 8.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.2 6.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Danny GrangerIND−3.1 13.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Steve NashPHX−3.1 14.6 last 10 · 17.7 season