FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 7, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed TOR by 11 after the first quarter and won 98–97.

Final
DET92
NYK104
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +12
Final
POR98
TOR97
Q1 POR -11; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +1
Final · OT
BOS122
IND117
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
MIL92
LAL105
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +13
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 7, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH vs MEM), 43 points.
The lead · POR @ TOR

Portland climbs out of an 11-point hole against Toronto

Down 11 after one, the Trail Blazers won the third quarter 30–25 and the game 98–97. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-11-2+3+1POR AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2028302098
TOR3119252297
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 10, 16, 17, 27, 17, 16, 13, 20POR20 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 12, 8, 14, 10, 15, 15, 2, 19POR19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 11, 16, 16, 7, 6, 12, 10, 24TOR24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 40, 15, 42, 24, 39, 30, 12, 24, 18, 19TOR19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ IND

Boston needs overtime to survive Indiana

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Boston won the final period 17–12 for a 122–117 win. Ray Allen led Boston with 35 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs IND
Ray Allen · BOSMarquis Daniels · INDPTS3526REB27AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg50.1Today

50 minutes today, against 34.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 35

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 21, 25, 23, 15, 21, 31, 19, 35BOS @ IND · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 14, 7, 20, 21, 16, 14, 4, 26IND vs BOS · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 10, 14, 13, 12, 23, 6, 13, 25NYK vs DET · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 11, 16, 16, 7, 6, 12, 10, 24TOR vs POR · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 4, 20, 15, 10, 10, 15, 12, 23DET @ NYK · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 34, 22, 6, 14, 8, 6, 8, 23NYK vs DET · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 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
Eric GordonLAC+3.6 11.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Chris DuhonNYK+3.0 15.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Rajon RondoBOS+3.0 13.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
David LeeNYK+3.0 17.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+2.9 14.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−3.4 14.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.3 23.2 last 10 · 26.5 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI−2.9 10.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−2.4 6.2 last 10 · 8.6 season
Michael BeasleyMIA−2.2 11.9 last 10 · 14.1 season