FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 31, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by LAC (vs MIN) and CHA (vs IND).

Final · OT
IND103
CHA107
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -11; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +4
Final · OT
ORL112
CHI110
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +2
Final
MIL69
DET114
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +29; Q4 DET +45
Final
GSW112
HOU95
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +17
Final
TOR97
NOH92
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +5
Final
POR101
UTA111
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +10
Final
MIN82
LAC91
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC -11; Q4 LAC +9
Final
PHI98
SEA90
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +8
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 31, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU vs MEM), 38 points.
The lead · IND @ CHA

Gerald Wallace scores 36, Charlotte rallies past Indiana

Charlotte trailed by 11 after three and won 107–103.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-6-110+4CHA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND242924179103
CHA2819192813107
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 24, 26, 27, 15, 32, 14, 23, 36CHA36 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 11, 24, 17, 30, 27, 25, 34, 28CHA28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 22, 19, 8, 18, 16, 25, 20, 20IND20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 36, 19, 30, 11, 11, 9, 18, 18IND18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

ORL over CHI2CHA over IND4TOR over NOH5PHI over SEA8LAC over MIN9UTA over POR10GSW over HOU17DET over MIL45Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon 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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 8, 22, 19, 18, 18, 31, 25, 39CHI vs ORL · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 24, 26, 27, 15, 32, 14, 23, 36CHA vs IND · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 14, 24, 15, 18, 2, 21, 8, 36POR @ UTA · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 15, 21, 17, 22, 20, 20, 27, 33NOH vs TOR · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 17, 24, 18, 26, 42, 10, 19, 29TOR @ NOH · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 11, 24, 17, 30, 27, 25, 34, 28CHA vs IND · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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
Andrei KirilenkoUTA+3.8 15.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+3.8 23.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
DeShawn StevensonWAS+3.6 12.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+3.5 13.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−5.0 6.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.9 7.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Eddy CurryNYK−3.7 10.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.4 6.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Andres NocioniCHI−3.4 10.0 last 10 · 13.4 season