FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 14, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed TOR by 2 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final
NOH99
TOR91
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +8
Final
MIA86
MEM102
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +16
Final
OKC104
SAS109
Q1 SAS +20; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +5
Final
MIN86
LAL98
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
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 14, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ CHA), 33 points.
The lead · NOH @ TOR

New Orleans beats Toronto, 99–91

New Orleans led 80–72 after three and won by 8. David West led New Orleans with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-2+5+8+8NOH AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2229291999
TOR2422261991
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 27, 15, 10, 23, 19, 17, 23, 29NOH29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 8, 10, 10, 3, 8, 7, 7, 20NOH20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 12, 24, 18, 19, 9, 21, 18, 25TOR25 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 12, 9, 10, 15, 14, 11, 13, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · OKC @ SAS

San Antonio never trails at a break against OKC

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–104. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 22 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over OKC5NOH over TOR8LAL over MIN12MEM over MIA16Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jeff Green 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.
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 22, 18, 9, 21, 9, 13, 25, 33OKC @ SAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 27, 15, 10, 23, 19, 17, 23, 29NOH @ TOR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 30, 24, 16, 18, 41, 28, 22, 28OKC @ SAS · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 30, 11, 20, 18, 18, 18, 14, 28MEM vs MIA · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 28, 32, 23, 20, 28, 18, 32, 26LAL vs MIN · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 12, 24, 18, 19, 9, 21, 18, 25TOR vs NOH · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 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
Paul MillsapUTA+3.4 17.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Mario ChalmersMIA+3.2 12.9 last 10 · 9.7 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
Ramon SessionsMIL−3.0 10.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Chris BoshTOR−2.9 21.5 last 10 · 24.4 season