FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 23, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 3 after the first quarter and won 96–88.

Final
OKC88
ATL99
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +11
Final
WAS72
CHA80
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +8
Final
HOU90
CLE99
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +9
Final
NJN108
IND107
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +1
Final
PHI91
BOS110
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +19
Final
GSW88
MIA96
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CHI98
DET104
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +6
Final
UTA86
MIL94
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +8
Final
LAL100
NOH87
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +13
Final
MEM82
DAL100
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +18
Final
MIN93
SAS99
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +6
Final
DEN92
POR101
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +9
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 23, 2007: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NYK), 39 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIA

Dwyane Wade scores 32 in Miami win over Golden State

Final: 96–88. Dwyane Wade added 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+6+11+8MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2417153288
MIA2126202996
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35, 43, 32MIA32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Daequan CookPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 2, 0, 13, 9, 13, 14, 17, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
C.J. WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 17, 8, 7, 3, 5, 4, 18GSW18 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 11, 9, 6, 18, 13, 21, 8, 16GSW16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NJN @ IND

New Jersey holds off Indiana, 108–107

New Jersey led 83–81 after three and held on to win by one. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 38 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over IND1DET over CHI6SAS over MIN6CHA over WAS8MIA over GSW8MIL over UTA8CLE over HOU9POR over DEN9ATL over OKC11LAL over NOH13DAL over MEM18BOS over PHI19Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Rodney Stuckey leads the day with 40

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.
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 6, 10, 21, 13, 18, 7, 20, 40DET vs CHI · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +29.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 3, 39, 20, 32, 34, 21, 10, 38NJN @ IND · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 6, 17, 22, 20, 9, 24, 18, 36SAS vs MIN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35, 43, 32MIA vs GSW · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 33, 19, 15, 26, 5, 20, 18, 31WAS @ CHA · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 5, 27, 10, 10, 20, 25, 12, 29CHA vs WAS · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 18 REB · 4 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
Lou WilliamsPHI+5.1 17.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.2 16.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.0 19.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+3.7 12.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Yao MingHOU+3.6 23.7 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.9 7.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Chris BoshTOR−4.5 19.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Maurice EvansATL−4.0 3.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season