FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 29, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed MEM by 7 at halftime and won 108–98.

Final
DEN91
ATL109
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +18
Final
ORL82
DET88
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +6
Final
CHI100
NJN87
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +13
Final · OT
MEM98
MIN108
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +10
Final
PHX110
OKC102
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +8
Final
WAS89
HOU87
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +2
Final
PHI95
UTA112
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +17
Final
TOR111
GSW117
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +6
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 29, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs NJN), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Al Jefferson scores 38, Minnesota wins in overtime

Tied 89–89 after regulation. Final: 108–98.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5-7-40+10MIN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM19202624998
MIN248292819108
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 20, 22, 20, 34, 28, 21, 16, 38MIN38 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 2, 7, 0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 17MIN17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 28, 20, 7, 22, 7, 18, 29, 23MEM23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 18, 28, 17, 23, 16, 13, 13, 19MEM19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CHI @ NJN

Chicago handles New Jersey by 13

The Bulls won the first quarter 32–20. Final: 100–87. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over HOU2DET over ORL6GSW over TOR6PHX over OKC8MIN over MEM10CHI over NJN13UTA over PHI17ATL over DEN18Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 38

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 20, 22, 20, 34, 28, 21, 16, 38MIN vs MEM · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 2, 11, 19, 24, 11, 14, 10, 31OKC vs PHX · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 39, 20, 32, 34, 21, 10, 38, 19, 28, 31NJN vs CHI · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 17, 12, 22, 17, 31, 13, 29, 30TOR @ GSW · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 26, 14, 23, 22, 14, 28, 29, 30WAS @ HOU · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 21, 8, 4, 12, 20, 28, 9, 30GSW vs TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 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
Marco BelinelliGSW+7.5 17.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lou WilliamsPHI+5.9 18.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.3 17.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.0 19.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
George HillSAS−3.5 4.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Yi JianlianNJN−3.4 6.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Roger Mason Jr.SAS−3.2 9.0 last 10 · 12.2 season