FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 10, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 12 at halftime and won 116–105.

Final
IND88
TOR101
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +13
Final
NYK121
NJN109
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +12
Final
CHA89
NOH105
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +31; Q4 NOH +16
Final
MEM108
OKC102
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM -7; Q4 MEM +6
Final
CLE101
PHI93
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +8
Final
ATL89
SAS95
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +6
Final
MIN105
DEN116
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -12; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +11
Final
MIL96
GSW119
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +23
Final
PHX110
LAL115
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +5
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 10, 2007: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony scores 45 as Denver beats Minnesota

Denver won 116–105. Carmelo Anthony: 45 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-8-12+6+11DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN30262227105
DEN22224032116
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 30, 24, 25, 2, 23, 16, 16, 45DEN45 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 7, 12, 27, 28, 24, 12, 24, 24DEN24 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 19, 20, 8, 19, 17, 28, 21, 26MIN26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 4, 25, 23, 13, 20, 13, 17, 26MIN26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · NYK @ NJN

New York climbs back to beat New Jersey

New Jersey led by 10 after one. New York won it 121–109. Al Harrington led New York with 39 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs NJN
Al Harrington · NYKDevin Harris · NJNPTS3932REB130AST37Top 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
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg26.5Last 3

26.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 45

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 30, 24, 25, 2, 23, 16, 16, 45DEN vs MIN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 25, 36, 16, 20, 27, 18, 28, 39NYK @ NJN · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 21, 18, 34, 47, 18, 16, 27, 32NJN vs NYK · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 14, 23, 32, 21, 11, 25, 31, 29CLE @ PHI · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 4, 15, 18, 18, 26, 17, 32, 22, 29ATL @ SAS · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 17, 13, 9, 10, 13, 17, 14, 28CHA @ NOH · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Randy FoyeMIN+4.1 18.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Paul MillsapUTA+3.4 16.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
David LeeNYK+3.1 17.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Rajon RondoBOS+3.0 13.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Thaddeus YoungPHI−3.6 9.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.4 14.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.2 23.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Flip MurrayATL−2.9 6.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−2.8 5.4 last 10 · 8.2 season