FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 30, 2007Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MEM by 10 after the first quarter and won 111–87.

Final
CHI100
NYK83
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +17
Final
PHI72
POR97
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +25
Final
GSW105
DEN95
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +10
Final
MEM87
SAS111
Q1 SAS -10; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +24
Final
PHX117
SAC102
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +15
Final
BOS110
LAL91
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +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 30, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Zach Randolph (POR @ UTA), 34 points.
The lead · MEM @ SAS

San Antonio climbs out of a 10-point hole against Memphis

Down 10 after one, the Spurs won the third quarter 38–18 and the game 111–87. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+2+22+24SAS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3214182387
SAS22263825111
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 2, 8, 36, 16, 34, 8, 16, 24SAS24 PTS · 17 REB · 7 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 27, 23, 16, 11, 18, 28, 15, 24SAS24 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 26, 13, 18, 10, 31, 8, 23, 19MEM19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 32, 32, 23, 18, 19, 19, 8, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Philadelphia by 25, the widest margin of 6 games.

GSW over DEN10PHX over SAC15CHI over NYK17BOS over LAL19SAS over MEM24POR over PHI25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 33

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 18, 11, 22, 24, 16, 37, 24, 33BOS @ LAL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 16, 17, 25, 28, 19, 30, 28, 31PHX @ SAC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 8, 11, 24, 7, 12, 12, 8, 30SAC vs PHX · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 2, 22, 18, 15, 27, 27, 29, 28GSW @ DEN · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 15, 19, 37, 34, 30, 29, 30, 26DEN vs GSW · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 11, 8, 22, 19, 18, 18, 31, 25CHI @ NYK · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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+4.3 14.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
DeShawn StevensonWAS+3.6 12.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Anthony JohnsonATL+3.5 10.3 last 10 · 6.8 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+3.2 12.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Brad MillerSAC+3.1 15.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−5.0 5.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−4.8 4.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Andres NocioniCHI−4.3 8.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.2 7.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddy CurryNYK−3.7 10.0 last 10 · 13.7 season