FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 3, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed WAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 98–92.

Final
MEM95
ATL105
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +10
Final
OKC97
CHA103
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +6
Final
NYK82
CLE118
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +26; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +36
Final
MIN89
ORL100
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +11
Final
LAL114
PHI102
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +12
Final
POR98
WAS92
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +6
Final
IND96
BOS114
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +18
Final
CHI90
MIL97
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +7
Final
PHX91
NOH104
Q1 NOH +14; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +13
Final
LAC96
HOU103
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIA93
UTA89
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +4
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 3, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Rudy Gay (MEM vs POR), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ WAS

Portland extends win streak to 6

98–92 over Washington. Record: 14–6. Brandon Roy led Portland with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-7+2+5+6POR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1926322198
WAS2617292092
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 16, 26, 28, 8, 25, 19, 23, 22POR22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 19, 14, 10, 16, 17, 27, 17, 16POR16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 18, 27, 29, 25, 17, 26, 22, 22WAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 32, 12, 23, 35, 25, 21, 22, 16WAS16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIA @ UTA

Miami handles Utah by 4

The Heat won the second quarter 28–21. Final: 93–89. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over UTA4CHA over OKC6POR over WAS6MIL over CHI7HOU over LAC7ATL over MEM10ORL over MIN11LAL over PHI12NOH over PHX13BOS over IND18CLE over NYK36Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
36.32007–08 avg26.0Last 3

26.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 2007–08 (80 games). Today: 5 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg34.1Today

34 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 32

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 24, 29, 24, 12, 35, 23, 28, 32LAL @ PHI · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 12, 11, 21, 25, 23, 15, 21, 31BOS vs IND · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 15, 17, 15, 21, 16, 10, 15, 26BOS vs IND · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 13, 9, 10, 8, 12, 15, 28, 26PHI vs LAL · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 25, 19, 30, 4, 15, 18, 18, 26ATL vs MEM · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 30, 21, 17, 22, 16, 14, 25, 26PHX @ NOH · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
CJ MilesUTA+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Rajon RondoBOS+2.5 12.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ronnie BrewerUTA+2.0 15.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+1.8 9.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Steve BlakePOR+1.8 13.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Rudy FernandezPOR−2.1 9.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Paul PierceBOS−1.8 16.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−1.5 7.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−1.5 8.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−0.8 15.1 last 10 · 15.9 season