FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 15, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 94–87.

Final
CHA79
ATL83
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +4
Final
NJN94
TOR87
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN -7; Q4 NJN +7
Final
IND118
WAS98
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +20
Final
UTA91
BOS100
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIL98
MIA83
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +20; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +15
Final
DEN98
DAL88
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +10
Final
NYK103
PHX111
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MIN103
SAC118
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +15
Final
ORL109
GSW98
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +11
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 15, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs MIN), 32 points.
The lead · NJN @ TOR

New Jersey climbs out of an 8-point hole against Toronto

Down 8 after one, the Nets won the fourth quarter 31–17 and the game 94–87. Ryan Anderson led New Jersey with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-80-7+7NJN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2026173194
TOR2818241787
Who led
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 8, 5, 5, 8, 5, 0, 3, 21NJN21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 28, 16, 18, 14, 18, 3, 39, 20NJN20 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 24, 18, 19, 9, 21, 18, 25, 17TOR17 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jason KaponoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 0, 5, 10, 7, 25, 16, 7, 17TOR17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHA @ ATL

Atlanta makes it three straight

Atlanta beat Charlotte 83–79 and moved to 15–9. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
L@ TOR88–93W@ WAS102–98Wvs MEM105–95Wvs NYK98–95L@ DAL98–100L@ HOU84–92L@ SAS89–95W@ MIA87–73Wvs CLE97–92Wvs CHA83–79ATL: last 10 games through Dec 15, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg9.1Last 3

9.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 21 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Millsap leads the day with 32

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.
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 13, 20, 17, 20, 15, 17, 14, 32UTA @ BOS · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 8, 15, 15, 21, 16, 17, 32ORL @ GSW · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 26, 17, 32, 22, 29, 21, 17, 28ATL vs CHA · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 32, 20, 4, 20, 22, 42, 14, 27IND @ WAS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 8, 14, 19, 27, 4, 4, 19, 27NYK @ PHX · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 19, 29, 39, 24, 35, 23, 46, 27DAL vs DEN · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Paul MillsapUTA+3.5 17.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Randy FoyeMIN+3.4 17.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.3 15.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jason TerryDAL+3.1 23.8 last 10 · 20.7 season
Cold
Chris BoshTOR−4.8 19.3 last 10 · 24.1 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.4 14.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−3.8 9.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.5 6.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−3.4 6.5 last 10 · 9.9 season