FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 26, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed IND by 13 after the first quarter and won 108–105.

Final
CHI77
MIA90
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +13
Final
CHA95
NJN87
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +8
Final
MIN120
NYK107
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +13
Final
OKC88
DET90
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +2
Final
IND105
MEM108
Q1 MEM -13; Q2 MEM -9; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +3
Final
HOU79
NOH88
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +9
Final
PHI101
DEN105
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -11; Q4 DEN +4
Final
DAL88
UTA97
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +9
Final
TOR107
SAC101
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +6
Final
BOS89
GSW99
Q1 GSW -10; Q2 GSW -12; Q3 GSW -8; Q4 GSW +10
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 26, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH @ MEM), 40 points.
The lead · IND @ MEM

Memphis climbs back to beat Indiana

Indiana led by 13 after one. Memphis won it 108–105. Hakim Warrick led Memphis with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-13-9-1+3MEM AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND36321918105
MEM23362722108
Who led
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 9, 21, 4, 8, 9, 14, 17, 21MEM21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 18, 14, 28, 20, 7, 22, 7, 18MEM18 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 4, 26, 21, 11, 7, 20, 23, 28IND28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 20, 22, 42, 14, 27, 41, 26, 26IND26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 13.

DET over OKC2MEM over IND3DEN over PHI4TOR over SAC6CHA over NJN8NOH over HOU9UTA over DAL9GSW over BOS10MIA over CHI13MIN over NYK13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal 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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 7, 19, 14, 19, 5, 24, 23, 36TOR @ SAC · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 26, 6, 21, 8, 4, 12, 20, 28GSW vs BOS · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 4, 26, 21, 11, 7, 20, 23, 28IND @ MEM · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35, 43, 32, 28MIA vs CHI · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 15, 25, 17, 11, 23, 15, 6, 27DEN vs PHI · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 20, 12, 18, 19, 34, 17, 12, 26NOH vs HOU · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 10 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+6.1 18.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.4 16.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.0 19.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.9 17.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL+3.4 20.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.9 7.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Chris BoshTOR−4.7 18.5 last 10 · 23.2 season
Nick YoungWAS−4.6 4.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Maurice EvansATL−4.0 3.5 last 10 · 7.5 season