FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 13, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by CHI (vs NJN) and ORL (vs UTA).

Final
CLE92
ATL97
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +5
Final
DET90
CHA86
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +4
Final
WAS89
PHI104
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +15
Final
NJN104
CHI113
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -10; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +9
Final
OKC99
DAL103
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
IND103
MIL121
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +18
Final
GSW105
DEN123
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +18
Final
ORL103
UTA94
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +9
Final
NYK114
SAC90
Q1 NYK +22; Q2 NYK +24; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +24
Final
HOU82
LAC95
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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 13, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SAS), 30 points.
The lead · NJN @ CHI

Chicago fights back from 10 down against New Jersey

Final: 113–104, after trailing by 10 at the half. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Vince Carter scored 39 for New Jersey in the loss.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-9-10-5+9CHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN31292024104
CHI22282538113
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 23, 21, 18, 22, 21, 17, 26, 29CHI29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 10, 18, 24, 18, 15, 15, 12, 22CHI22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 22, 28, 16, 18, 14, 18, 3, 39NJN39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 34, 47, 18, 16, 27, 32, 14, 22NJN22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Second story · ORL @ UTA

Orlando turns it around against Utah

From 10 down at the half to a 9-point win: 103–94. Rashard Lewis led Orlando with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs UTA
Rashard Lewis · ORLDeron Williams · UTAPTS2717REB94AST311Top 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
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.6Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 4.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 46

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39, 24, 35, 23, 46DAL vs OKC · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 22, 28, 16, 18, 14, 18, 3, 39NJN @ CHI · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 32, 21, 11, 25, 31, 29, 28, 33CLE @ ATL · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 36, 16, 20, 27, 18, 28, 39, 33NYK @ SAC · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 27, 27, 23, 21, 21, 21, 38, 30LAC vs HOU · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 23, 21, 18, 22, 21, 17, 26, 29CHI vs NJN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+4.7 12.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.6 16.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Randy FoyeMIN+3.5 17.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Paul MillsapUTA+3.4 17.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Ray AllenBOS+3.2 22.1 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.7 14.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.3 7.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−3.2 9.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris BoshTOR−3.0 21.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−3.0 10.2 last 10 · 13.2 season