FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 31, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed GSW by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–100.

Final
ORL113
CHI94
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +27; Q3 ORL +28; Q4 ORL +19
Final
NJN75
DET83
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +8
Final
MIL81
HOU85
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DEN114
TOR107
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +7
Final
GSW100
OKC107
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +7
Final
PHI100
LAC92
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +8
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 31, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI vs ORL), 39 points.
The lead · GSW @ OKC

OKC beats Golden State, 107–100

OKC led 78–70 after three and won by 7. Jeff Green led OKC with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-4+8+7OKC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW28271530100
OKC22292729107
Who led
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 13, 13, 16, 18, 11, 23, 22, 26OKC26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 25, 26, 26, 28, 26, 25, 18, 25OKC25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 13, 21, 8, 16, 10, 12, 18, 24GSW24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 8, 4, 12, 20, 28, 9, 30, 17GSW17 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Second story · DEN @ TOR

Toronto's skid reaches three

Denver won 114–107; the Raptors fall to 12–20. Nene Hilario led Denver with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · TOR
Lvs NOH91–99Lvs NJN87–94Lvs DAL86–96L@ OKC83–91L@ SAS97–107W@ LAC97–75W@ SAC107–101L@ POR89–102L@ GSW111–117Lvs DEN107–114TOR: last 10 games through Dec 31, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Andre Iguodala leads the day with 28

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.
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 14, 4, 18, 26, 14, 24, 17, 28PHI @ LAC · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 13, 13, 16, 18, 11, 23, 22, 26OKC vs GSW · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 3, 16, 2, 3, 14, 13, 7, 26TOR vs DEN · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 25, 26, 26, 28, 26, 25, 18, 25OKC vs GSW · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 12, 22, 17, 31, 13, 29, 30, 24TOR vs DEN · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 12, 20, 25, 20, 5, 16, 8, 24LAC vs PHI · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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
Marco BelinelliGSW+6.6 16.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.7 16.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.4 17.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Lou WilliamsPHI+5.3 17.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.0 6.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Kevin LoveMIN−3.7 3.9 last 10 · 7.6 season
Dwight HowardORL−3.6 16.1 last 10 · 19.7 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−3.5 15.5 last 10 · 19.0 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season