FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 23, 2007Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 15 at halftime and won 106–105.

Final
LAL95
NYK90
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +5
Final
GSW105
CLE96
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +9
Final
HOU82
DET94
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +12
Final
ORL91
BOS103
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +12
Final
DEN106
SAC105
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -15; Q3 DEN -10; Q4 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 23, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Mo Williams (MIL vs NJN), 32 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Carmelo Anthony drops 30 in 15-point comeback win over Sacramento

Sacramento led by 15 at the half. Final: 106–105.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-15-10+1DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN23282629106
SAC31352118105
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37, 34, 30DEN30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 51, 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36, 34, 21DEN21 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 10, 11, 16, 9, 10, 20, 26, 24SAC24 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 7, 17, 14, 25, 21, 23, 11, 22SAC22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAL @ NYK

Lakers lead New York wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 95–90. Best quarter: the first, 31–21. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 39 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SAC1LAL over NYK5GSW over CLE9DET over HOU12BOS over ORL12Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over NYK.
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
12.9Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg22.6Last 3

22.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg34.5Today

34 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 28, 30, 21, 32, 18, 21, 19, 39LAL @ NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 19, 29, 18, 32, 13, 21, 16, 31NYK vs LAL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37, 34, 30DEN @ SAC · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 20, 9, 20, 13, 28, 20, 21, 29GSW @ CLE · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 18, 23, 22, 2, 22, 18, 15, 27GSW @ CLE · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25CLE vs GSW · L
29.5 PPG season to date · −4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 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
Allen IversonDEN+4.6 31.0 last 10 · 26.4 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.5 23.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.3 28.6 last 10 · 24.3 season
Travis OutlawPOR+4.0 16.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.0 8.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Eddy CurryNYK−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−3.0 8.7 last 10 · 11.7 season