FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 30, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 22 at halftime and won 107–100.

Final
NYK93
CHA89
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ATL110
IND104
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +6
Final
CLE95
MIA104
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +9
Final
PHX101
MEM89
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -8; Q4 PHX +12
Final
WAS85
NOH97
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +12
Final
MIN100
DAL107
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -22; Q3 DAL -11; Q4 DAL +7
Final
MIL100
SAS98
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +2
Final
BOS86
POR91
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +5
Final
LAC90
SAC92
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
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 30, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ LAL), 33 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Dallas erases 22-point lead, steals one from Minnesota

Minnesota led 62–40 at halftime. Dallas won the second half 67–38 to take it 107–100. Jason Terry led Dallas with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-22-11+7DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN27352216100
DAL20203334107
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 27, 23, 25, 17, 19, 26, 12, 29DAL29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 46, 27, 27, 24, 23, 21, 30, 17, 24DAL24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 22, 20, 34, 28, 21, 16, 38, 21MIN21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 14, 9, 19MIN19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ POR

Portland fights back from 10 down against Boston

Final: 91–86, after trailing by 10 after one. Steve Blake led Portland with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs BOS
Steve Blake · PORPaul Pierce · BOSPTS2128REB35AST32Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 33, 32, 33, 31, 27, 18, 33, 38CLE @ MIA · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 27, 23, 25, 17, 19, 26, 12, 29DAL vs MIN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 18, 15, 6, 12, 5, 2, 10, 28PHX @ MEM · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 18, 16, 17, 10, 20, 21, 13, 28BOS @ POR · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 28, 20, 19, 19, 20, 41, 25, 27ATL @ IND · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 27, 21, 6, 21, 14, 27, 4, 25MIL @ SAS · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 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
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
Eric GordonLAC+4.9 14.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.6 7.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin LoveMIN−3.7 3.9 last 10 · 7.6 season
Yi JianlianNJN−3.4 6.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dwight HowardORL−3.1 16.7 last 10 · 19.8 season