FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 1, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 4 at halftime and won 130–129.

Final
MIN90
CHA100
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +10
Final
ORL88
BOS107
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +19
Final · OT
MIA130
GSW129
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +1
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 · 2007–08Dec 1, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ SAC), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ GSW

Dwyane Wade scores 37, Miami wins in overtime

Tied 115–115 after regulation. Final: 130–129. Jamal Crawford scored 40 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3-4-30+1MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA3030312415130
GSW2737302114129
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 19, 40, 38, 23, 12, 43, 26, 37MIA37 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 8, 12, 20, 18, 17, 10, 5, 21MIA21 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 29, 16, 3, 9, 18, 15, 21, 40GSW40 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 20, 24, 7, 17, 32, 11, 32, 29GSW29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ CHA

Charlotte leads Minnesota wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 100–90. Best quarter: the fourth, 34–29. Jason Richardson led Charlotte with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over GSW1CHA over MIN10BOS over ORL19Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Crawford 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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 29, 16, 3, 9, 18, 15, 21, 40GSW vs MIA · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 19, 40, 38, 23, 12, 43, 26, 37MIA @ GSW · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 22, 23, 18, 22, 19, 17, 24, 30ORL @ BOS · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 20, 24, 7, 17, 32, 11, 32, 29GSW vs MIA · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 4, 17, 20, 12, 23, 21, 22, 25CHA vs MIN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 5, 8, 16, 8, 16, 14, 9, 24CHA vs MIN · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST