FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 20, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed PHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 95–94.

Final
GSW110
CHA103
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +7
Final
LAL103
ORL106
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +3
Final
IND95
PHI94
Q1 IND -13; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +1
Final
HOU109
MIN102
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIA106
NJN103
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +3
Final
SAC90
NOH99
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +9
Final
UTA98
CHI106
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +8
Final
LAC85
MIL119
Q1 MIL +22; Q2 MIL +30; Q3 MIL +35; Q4 MIL +34
Final
TOR97
SAS107
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +10
Final
DEN101
PHX108
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +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 20, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs NJN), 41 points.
The lead · IND @ PHI

Indiana rallies from 13 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 13 after one, Indiana outscored the 76ers 79–65 the rest of the way. Final: 95–94. T.J. Ford led Indiana with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-4-4+1IND AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1628252695
PHI2919252194
Who led
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 8, 9, 4, 12, 27, 16, 17, 25IND25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 17, 2, 11, 8, 16, 24, 27, 12IND12 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 14, 20, 27, 16, 14, 4, 18, 26PHI26 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 15, 16, 13, 22, 15, 25, 26, 17PHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Clippers by 34.

IND over PHI1ORL over LAL3MIA over NJN3GSW over CHA7HOU over MIN7PHX over DEN7CHI over UTA8NOH over SAC9SAS over TOR10MIL over LAC34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 26 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.3Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 6.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 50

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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 19, 4, 4, 25, 16, 29, 6, 50GSW @ CHA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +31.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 23, 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35, 43MIA @ NJN · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 20, 28, 18, 32, 26, 28, 28, 41LAL @ ORL · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 28, 21, 26, 29, 20, 22, 20, 34MIN vs HOU · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 24, 21, 15, 20, 12, 18, 19, 34NOH vs SAC · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 28, 22, 22, 21, 21, 21, 23, 27PHX vs DEN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
Paul MillsapUTA+4.8 19.9 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+4.1 13.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.9 27.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
Yao MingHOU+3.6 23.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+3.3 18.3 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.9 6.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Chris BoshTOR−5.5 17.8 last 10 · 23.3 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−3.5 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season