FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 28, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by NJN (vs WAS) and CHI (vs MIL).

Final
NOH99
CHA85
Q1 NOH +14; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +19; Q4 NOH +14
Final · OT
ORL121
MIA114
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +7
Final
WAS106
NJN109
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN -6; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +3
Final
IND101
DET114
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +13
Final
HOU103
MEM83
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +20
Final
MIL99
CHI103
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +4
Final
TOR83
SAS73
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +10
Final
LAC88
PHX94
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIN98
POR109
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +11
Final
PHI92
SAC80
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +12
Final
DEN124
GSW120
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +4
Final
UTA109
LAL123
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +27; Q3 LAL +32; Q4 LAL +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 28, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN vs SEA), 44 points.
The lead · WAS @ NJN

New Jersey holds off Washington, 109–106

New Jersey led 87–86 after three and held on to win by three. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-6+1+3NJN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS27322720106
NJN30233422109
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 9, 21, 24, 14, 36, 29, 31, 18, 26NJN26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 16, 32, 24, 15, 31, 23, 21, 24NJN24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 28, 20, 19, 12, 29, 13, 25, 28WAS28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 22, 16, 16, 24, 30, 29, 26, 27WAS27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 20.

NJN over WAS3CHI over MIL4DEN over GSW4PHX over LAC6ORL over MIA7TOR over SAS10POR over MIN11PHI over SAC12DET over IND13NOH over CHA14LAL over UTA14HOU over MEM20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.1Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 48

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: 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41, 20, 22, 27, 48MIA vs ORL · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high48 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 22, 30, 38, 36, 34, 21, 24, 39DEN @ GSW · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 27, 7, 32, 22, 27, 27, 9, 34MIL @ CHI · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 20, 13, 28, 20, 21, 29, 19, 32GSW vs DEN · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 21, 32, 18, 21, 19, 39, 38, 31LAL vs UTA · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 18, 11, 8, 22, 19, 18, 18, 31CHI vs MIL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 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
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.3 29.6 last 10 · 25.3 season
Michael FinleySAS+3.9 13.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Chris PaulNOH+3.8 25.3 last 10 · 21.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+3.7 16.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Anthony JohnsonATL+3.5 10.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.9 6.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−4.8 4.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.0 7.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season