FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 26, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NYK by 5 after the first quarter and won 110–96.

Final
MIA85
PHI96
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +11
Final
IND95
ATL107
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +12
Final
WAS108
CHA104
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +4
Final
NYK96
ORL110
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +14
Final
DET101
NJN83
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +18
Final
NOH116
MEM98
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +18
Final
CHI79
SAS94
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +15
Final
MIL105
DEN125
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +30; Q3 DEN +29; Q4 DEN +20
Final
DAL90
UTA99
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +9
Final
BOS89
SAC69
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +24; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +20
Final
MIN101
GSW105
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +4
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 26, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ SAS), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ ORL

New York's skid reaches three

Orlando won 110–96; the Knicks fall to 8–20. Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-1+3+14ORL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK3120252096
ORL26242931110
Who led
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 18, 22, 24, 26, 13, 27, 19, 26ORL26 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 15, 20, 13, 15, 13, 12, 15, 25ORL25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 29, 18, 32, 13, 21, 16, 31, 29NYK29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 2, 24, 27, 27, 20, 26, 17, 15, 11, 22NYK22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ ATL

Atlanta extends win streak to 5

107–95 over Indiana. Record: 15–12. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
Wvs MIN90–89Wvs MEM86–78W@ ORL98–87Lvs TOR88–100L@ DET81–91Wvs CHA93–84Wvs UTA116–111Wvs MIA114–111W@ WAS97–92Wvs IND107–95ATL: last 10 games through Dec 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.0Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 40

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 43, 29, 30, 22, 21, 11, 21, 19, 40NOH @ MEM · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 6, 19, 8, 23, 24, 19, 19, 35GSW vs MIN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 3, 25, 16, 24, 26, 27, 15, 32CHA vs WAS · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 14, 32, 15, 19, 37, 34, 30, 29DEN vs MIL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 29, 18, 32, 13, 21, 16, 31, 29NYK @ ORL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 16, 25, 15, 20, 16, 20, 23, 28PHI vs MIA · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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+5.1 31.4 last 10 · 26.3 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.8 28.1 last 10 · 24.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.7 22.7 last 10 · 19.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+3.6 19.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Eddy CurryNYK−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−3.8 7.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.8 8.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Matt CarrollCHA−3.3 5.1 last 10 · 8.4 season