FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 27, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed TOR by 8 at halftime and won 102–89.

Final
CHI117
ATL129
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +12
Final · OT
NJN114
CHA103
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +11
Final
OKC95
WAS104
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +9
Final
ORL118
MIN94
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +24
Final · 2OT
UTA115
HOU120
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU +5
Final
DET87
MIL76
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +11
Final · 2OT
MEM103
SAS106
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS 0; OT2 SAS +3
Final
TOR89
POR102
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +13
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 27, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ SEA), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ POR

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 8 at the half, Portland outscored the Raptors 53–32 the rest of the way. Final: 102–89. Brandon Roy led Portland with 32 points, 1 rebound and 9 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-2-8+2+13POR AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2829102289
POR26232033102
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 33, 38, 29, 52, 8, 19, 22, 32POR32 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 22, 22, 15, 16, 20, 22, 12, 21POR21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 25, 17, 12, 22, 17, 31, 13, 29TOR29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 19, 14, 19, 5, 24, 23, 36, 17TOR17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Orlando by 24.

SAS over MEM3HOU over UTA5WAS over OKC9NJN over CHA11DET over MIL11ATL over CHI12POR over TOR13ORL over MIN24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 5.9 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 41

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 21, 17, 28, 20, 19, 19, 20, 41ATL vs CHI · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 29, 25, 22, 10, 26, 18, 15, 33CHI @ ATL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 1, 22, 11, 22, 26, 16, 16, 32CHA vs NJN · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 33, 38, 29, 52, 8, 19, 22, 32POR vs TOR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 22, 20, 9, 24, 18, 36, 27, 32SAS vs MEM · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 25, 17, 12, 22, 17, 31, 13, 29TOR @ POR · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.2 16.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.0 19.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+3.8 27.5 last 10 · 23.7 season
Cold
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Nick YoungWAS−4.0 5.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.6 3.8 last 10 · 7.4 season
George HillSAS−3.5 4.8 last 10 · 8.2 season