FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 16, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NYK by 15 at halftime and won 116–114.

Final · OT
CHI101
CHA110
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +9
Final
NOH91
MEM84
Q1 NOH +15; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +7
Final
LAC98
OKC88
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +10
Final
DEN96
HOU108
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +12
Final
SAC77
POR109
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +32
Final
NYK114
LAL116
Q1 LAL -11; Q2 LAL -15; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +2
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 16, 2007: 4 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ LAL

Lakers erase 15-point lead, steal one from New York

New York led 65–50 at halftime. Lakers won the second half 66–49 to take it 116–114. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-15-4+2LAL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK37282326114
LAL26243432116
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 32, 23, 20, 28, 18, 32, 26, 28LAL28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 9, 3, 3, 11, 6, 9, 6, 17LAL17 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 14, 19, 27, 4, 4, 19, 27, 33NYK33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 16, 15, 12, 11, 10, 17, 15, 18NYK18 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Sacramento by 32, the widest margin of 6 games.

LAL over NYK2NOH over MEM7CHA over CHI9LAC over OKC10HOU over DEN12POR over SAC32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Nate Robinson 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.
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 14, 19, 27, 4, 4, 19, 27, 33NYK @ LAL · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 18, 24, 33, 14, 24, 19, 24, 32HOU vs DEN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 13, 17, 14, 28, 9, 18, 9, 29CHA vs CHI · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 23, 22, 12, 15, 30, 33, 38, 29POR vs SAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 32, 23, 20, 28, 18, 32, 26, 28LAL vs NYK · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 16, 25, 6, 20, 22, 29, 18, 28MEM vs NOH · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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
Emeka OkaforCHA+4.1 16.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Eric GordonLAC+3.8 12.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Paul MillsapUTA+3.5 17.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Randy FoyeMIN+3.4 17.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
JR SmithDEN+3.1 16.2 last 10 · 13.1 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
Flip MurrayATL−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.8 season