FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 21, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DET by 3 after the first quarter and won 85–78.

Final
DET78
ATL85
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +7
Final
NYK105
BOS124
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +19
Final
DAL97
WAS86
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +11
Final
CLE102
OKC91
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +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 21, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ POR), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ ATL

Atlanta beats Detroit, 85–78

Atlanta led 69–63 after three and won by 7. Mike Bibby led Atlanta with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+11+6+7ATL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2516221578
ATL2230171685
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 15, 9, 15, 24, 14, 14, 7, 27ATL27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 22, 29, 21, 17, 28, 20, 19, 19ATL19 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 16, 6, 10, 21, 13, 18, 7, 20DET20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 7, 6, 19, 7, 9, 2, 12, 20DET20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ WAS

Washington's skid reaches six

Dallas won 97–86; the Wizards fall to 4–21. Jason Terry led Dallas with 25 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
Lvs POR92–98Lvs LAL104–106L@ CHI110–117Wvs DET107–94Lvs BOS88–122L@ PHI89–104Lvs IND98–118L@ DET74–88Lvs PHI103–109Lvs DAL86–97WAS: last 10 games through Dec 21, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg26.4Last 3

26.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 12 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 31

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 25, 31, 29, 28, 33, 32, 33, 31CLE @ OKC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 8, 23, 22, 9, 4, 18, 2, 29NYK @ BOS · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 15, 9, 15, 24, 14, 14, 7, 27ATL vs DET · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 16, 7, 11, 10, 25, 15, 4, 26BOS vs NYK · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 41, 28, 22, 28, 25, 26, 26OKC vs CLE · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 19, 19, 26, 28, 19, 27, 23, 25DAL @ WAS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 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
Brandon RoyPOR+3.9 27.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+3.7 12.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Yao MingHOU+3.6 23.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+3.5 29.7 last 10 · 26.2 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
Nick YoungWAS−3.5 6.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−3.5 5.8 last 10 · 9.2 season