FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 18, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHX by 7 at halftime and won 124–119.

Final
SAS78
ORL90
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +12
Final
PHX119
POR124
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +5
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 18, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Richard Jefferson (NJN vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ POR

Brandon Roy scores 52 as Portland beats Phoenix

Portland won 124–119. Brandon Roy: 52 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+3-7+5+5POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28382726119
POR31283926124
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 22, 12, 15, 30, 33, 38, 29, 52POR52 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 15, 2, 19, 6, 6, 11, 8, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 26, 28, 22, 22, 21, 21, 21, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 13, 8, 14, 5, 25, 14, 9, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ ORL

Orlando leads San Antonio wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 90–78. Best quarter: the second, 25–16. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs SAS
Jameer Nelson · ORLTim Duncan · SASPTS2419REB49AST73Top 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
+14.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.3Season avg36.4Last 5

36.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 52 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg26.8Today

27 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Roy leads the day with 52

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.
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 22, 12, 15, 30, 33, 38, 29, 52POR vs PHX · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +29.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high52 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 8, 15, 15, 21, 16, 17, 32, 24ORL vs SAS · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 26, 28, 22, 22, 21, 21, 21, 23PHX @ POR · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 15, 2, 19, 6, 6, 11, 8, 22POR vs PHX · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 13, 8, 14, 5, 25, 14, 9, 22PHX @ POR · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 21, 20, 32, 19, 17, 20, 16, 19SAS @ ORL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 9 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
Brandon RoyPOR+3.9 27.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
Zach RandolphLAC+3.6 26.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
JR SmithDEN+3.1 16.2 last 10 · 13.1 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
Roger Mason Jr.SAS−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.6 6.1 last 10 · 9.7 season