FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 29, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–90.

Final
ATL84
DAL97
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +13
Final
DET98
IND92
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +6
Final
CHA95
ORL104
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +9
Final
MIA74
WAS96
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +27; Q4 WAS +22
Final
CLE76
NOH86
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +10
Final
TOR79
HOU91
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +12
Final
NJN97
MIL95
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +2
Final
BOS104
UTA98
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +6
Final
MIN90
SEA109
Q1 SEA -9; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +25; Q4 SEA +19
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 29, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ CHA), 58 points.
The lead · MIN @ SEA

Seattle rallies from 9 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 9 after one, Seattle outscored the Timberwolves 88–60 the rest of the way. Final: 109–90. Wally Szczerbiak led Seattle with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+11+25+19SEA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3016133190
SEA21362725109
Who led
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 12, 7, 24, 13, 23, 19, 14, 18SEA18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 17, 6, 2, 4, 10, 5, 4, 18SEA18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 22, 24, 29, 11, 20, 22, 17MIN17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Sebastian TelfairPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 7, 17, 6, 27, 9, 12, 4, 12MIN12 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Washington by 22.

NJN over MIL2DET over IND6BOS over UTA6ORL over CHA9NOH over CLE10HOU over TOR12DAL over ATL13SEA over MIN19WAS over MIA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 35

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 7, 32, 22, 27, 27, 9, 34, 35MIL vs NJN · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 15, 11, 24, 17, 30, 27, 25, 34CHA @ ORL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 24, 26, 13, 27, 19, 26, 22, 28ORL vs CHA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 7, 15, 21, 17, 22, 20, 20, 27NOH vs CLE · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 21, 28, 19, 26, 18, 12, 22, 25HOU vs TOR · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 14, 19, 18, 17, 22, 28, 11, 24MIL vs NJN · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Michael FinleySAS+3.9 13.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+3.7 16.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
DeShawn StevensonWAS+3.6 12.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Anthony JohnsonATL+3.5 10.3 last 10 · 6.8 season
Allen IversonDEN+3.4 30.2 last 10 · 26.8 season
Cold
Andrea BargnaniTOR−4.8 4.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.2 7.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.0 7.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season