FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 17, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NJN by 20 after the first quarter and won 103–92.

Final
BOS88
ATL85
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +3
Final
GSW120
IND127
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +7
Final
MIL88
PHI93
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
DAL96
TOR86
Q1 DAL -12; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +10
Final
WAS74
DET88
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +14
Final
UTA103
NJN92
Q1 UTA -20; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +11
Final
CLE93
MIN70
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +23
Final · OT
LAC109
CHI115
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +6
Final
SAS83
NOH90
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH -7; Q4 NOH +7
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 17, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA @ ATL), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ NJN

Utah storms back from 20 down to beat New Jersey

The Jazz trailed by 20 after one and won 103–92. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-8-6+11UTA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA7243240103
NJN2712302392
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 6, 21, 12, 21, 27, 12, 13, 23UTA23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 20, 17, 20, 15, 17, 14, 32, 18UTA18 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 16, 18, 14, 18, 3, 39, 20, 32NJN32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 47, 18, 16, 27, 32, 14, 22, 20, 21NJN21 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Cleveland by 23.

BOS over ATL3PHI over MIL5CHI over LAC6IND over GSW7NOH over SAS7DAL over TOR10UTA over NJN11DET over WAS14CLE over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg31.4Today

31 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 41

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 20, 4, 20, 22, 42, 14, 27, 41IND vs GSW · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 21, 11, 25, 31, 29, 28, 33, 32CLE @ MIN · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 16, 18, 14, 18, 3, 39, 20, 32NJN vs UTA · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 23, 21, 21, 21, 38, 30, 22, 30LAC @ CHI · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 40, 22, 12, 19, 4, 4, 25, 16, 29GSW @ IND · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 9, 19, 17, 17, 13, 17, 20, 28DET vs WAS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Paul MillsapUTA+4.1 18.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Zach RandolphLAC+3.6 26.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
JR SmithDEN+3.1 16.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jeff GreenOKC+3.0 18.5 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Chris BoshTOR−6.1 17.5 last 10 · 23.6 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.1 8.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.6 6.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI−3.1 9.9 last 10 · 13.0 season