FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 11, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed CHA by 1 at halftime and won 95–90.

Final
BOS122
WAS88
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +24; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +34
Final
CHA90
DAL95
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +5
Final
POR88
UTA97
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +9
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 11, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Craig Smith (MIN @ WAS), 36 points.
The lead · CHA @ DAL

Dallas takes care of Charlotte

A 5-point win, 95–90. Jason Terry led Dallas with 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final00-10+5DAL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2628201690
DAL2627212195
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 29, 29, 24, 26, 19, 19, 19, 26DAL26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39, 24, 35, 23DAL23 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 9, 24, 25, 19, 9, 19, 5, 27CHA27 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 31, 4, 14, 8, 19, 15, 8, 6, 16CHA16 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · POR @ UTA

Utah leads Portland wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 97–88. Best quarter: the first, 29–27. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over CHA5UTA over POR9BOS over WAS34Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg20.8Last 3

20.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Roy 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.
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 8, 25, 19, 23, 22, 12, 15, 30, 33POR @ UTA · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 9, 24, 25, 19, 9, 19, 5, 27CHA @ DAL · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 20, 10, 9, 6, 21, 12, 21, 27UTA vs POR · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 29, 29, 24, 26, 19, 19, 19, 26DAL vs CHA · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39, 24, 35, 23DAL vs CHA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 21, 6, 19, 24, 16, 13, 17, 22BOS @ WAS · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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
Emeka OkaforCHA+4.1 16.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.1 17.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jason TerryDAL+3.7 24.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Cold
Thaddeus YoungPHI−3.6 9.6 last 10 · 13.2 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
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−2.7 9.3 last 10 · 12.0 season