FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 5, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DET by 10 at halftime and won 96–91.

Final
OKC89
ORL98
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +9
Final
LAL106
WAS104
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +2
Final
NYK95
ATL98
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +3
Final
IND73
CLE97
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +24
Final
MIN84
NJN113
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +29
Final
POR78
BOS93
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +15
Final
PHI96
DET91
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI -9; Q4 PHI +5
Final
LAC81
MEM93
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +12
Final
GSW112
HOU131
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +19
Final
CHA96
MIL101
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +5
Final
TOR87
UTA114
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +27
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 5, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN vs LAL), 51 points.
The lead · PHI @ DET

Philadelphia rallies from 10 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 10 at the half, Philadelphia outscored the Pistons 58–43 the rest of the way. Final: 96–91. Andre Miller led Philadelphia with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-10-9+5PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1919203896
DET2523192491
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 9, 10, 8, 12, 15, 28, 26, 19PHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 7, 14, 13, 15, 2, 5, 15, 16PHI16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 15, 12, 7, 17, 12, 18, 16, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 23, 16, 9, 16, 17, 9, 19, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

New Jersey posts the night's biggest win

New Jersey beat Minnesota by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

LAL over WAS2ATL over NYK3PHI over DET5MIL over CHA5ORL over OKC9MEM over LAC12BOS over POR15HOU over GSW19CLE over IND24UTA over TOR27NJN over MIN29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Yao Ming 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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 18, 22, 28, 19, 12, 18, 24, 33HOU vs GSW · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 14, 11, 20, 19, 16, 13, 19, 28HOU vs GSW · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 6, 3, 13, 25, 36, 16, 20, 27NYK @ ATL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 12, 23, 35, 25, 21, 22, 16, 26WAS vs LAL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 20, 32, 12, 16, 30, 11, 8, 26GSW @ HOU · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 7 games: 30, 20, 19, 16, 20, 13, 25MIL vs CHA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.3 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
Rajon RondoBOS+3.7 14.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+2.6 10.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
CJ MilesUTA+2.6 13.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Ronnie BrewerUTA+2.6 15.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Rashard LewisORL+2.2 20.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−3.0 15.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Rudy FernandezPOR−2.6 8.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−2.5 5.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI−2.4 11.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−1.5 8.7 last 10 · 10.2 season