FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 8, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed LAC by 9 after three quarters and won 95–88.

Final
CHA96
MIA100
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +4
Final
HOU97
MEM109
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +12
Final
GSW112
OKC102
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +10
Final
ORL95
LAC88
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +7
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 8, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Josh Howard (DAL vs UTA), 47 points.
The lead · ORL @ LAC

Orlando fights back late to top Clippers

Clippers led 75–66 after three. Orlando won the fourth 29–13 and the game 95–88. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 23 points, 22 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-6-9+7ORL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2616242995
LAC1929271388
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 24, 21, 26, 32, 14, 23, 21, 23ORL23 PTS · 22 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 22, 19, 17, 24, 30, 23, 11, 18ORL18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 19, 18, 15, 22, 13, 23, 27, 27LAC27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 18, 7, 27, 27, 23, 21, 21, 21LAC21 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CHA @ MIA

Miami makes it four straight

Miami beat Charlotte 100–96 and moved to 12–9. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 41 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
Lvs TOR95–101Wvs IND109–100Lvs HOU98–107L@ POR68–106W@ PHX107–92L@ LAC96–97W@ GSW130–129W@ UTA93–89Wvs OKC105–99Wvs CHA100–96MIA: last 10 games through Dec 8, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 41

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 29, 13, 22, 30, 24, 16, 18, 41OKC vs GSW · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 40, 38, 23, 12, 43, 26, 37, 23, 38, 41MIA vs CHA · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 19, 18, 15, 22, 13, 23, 27, 27LAC vs ORL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 23, 21, 22, 25, 18, 20, 9, 24CHA @ MIA · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 24, 21, 26, 32, 14, 23, 21, 23ORL @ LAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 22 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 18, 7, 27, 27, 23, 21, 21, 21LAC vs ORL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 4 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+4.2 11.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.7 15.9 last 10 · 12.2 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
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
Daequan CookMIA−2.2 5.9 last 10 · 8.1 season