FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 22, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 8 at halftime and won 105–96.

Final
GSW81
ORL113
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +32
Final
HOU114
NJN91
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +23
Final
LAL105
MEM96
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +9
Final
SAC85
SAS101
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +16
Final
POR89
DEN97
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +8
Final
TOR97
LAC75
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +22
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 22, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR @ PHX), 42 points.
The lead · LAL @ MEM

Kobe Bryant scores 36, Lakers rally past Memphis

Lakers trailed by 8 at the half and won 105–96.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8-3+9LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25242828105
MEM2532231696
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 28, 18, 32, 26, 28, 28, 41, 36LAL36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 12, 25, 28, 18, 18, 13, 11, 15LAL15 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 6, 20, 22, 29, 18, 28, 17, 23MEM23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 18, 18, 18, 14, 28, 20, 7, 22MEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · POR @ DEN

Denver never trails at a break against Portland

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 97–89. Chauncey Billups led Denver with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over POR8LAL over MEM9SAS over SAC16TOR over LAC22HOU over NJN23ORL over GSW32Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg16.2Last 3

16.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 28, 18, 32, 26, 28, 28, 41, 36LAL @ MEM · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 21, 18, 25, 17, 12, 22, 17, 31TOR @ LAC · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 14, 24, 19, 24, 32, 30, 18, 24HOU @ NJN · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 10, 7, 19, 14, 19, 5, 24, 23TOR @ LAC · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 6, 20, 22, 29, 18, 28, 17, 23MEM vs LAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 15, 21, 16, 17, 32, 24, 27, 22ORL vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Yao MingHOU+4.0 24.2 last 10 · 20.2 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+3.7 12.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+3.5 29.7 last 10 · 26.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.4 26.2 last 10 · 22.8 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.9 6.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Chris BoshTOR−4.5 19.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.5 6.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.4 6.2 last 10 · 9.6 season