FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 4, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CHA by 4 at halftime and won 97–91.

Final · OT
TOR109
WAS107
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final
NYK114
ATL107
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CHI87
CLE101
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +14
Final
MIL96
DET105
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +9
Final
DAL82
MEM98
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +16
Final
CHA91
NJN97
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +6
Final
MIN89
NOH98
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +9
Final
BOS105
OKC87
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +18
Final
IND87
UTA96
Q1 UTA +18; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +9
Final
MIA107
LAL108
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +1
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 · 2008–09Dec 4, 2008: 2 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs PHX), 39 points.
The lead · CHA @ NJN

Brook Lopez posts 31 and 14 as New Jersey beats Charlotte

31 points and 14 rebounds in a 97–91 win.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-1-4-1+6NJN AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2922182291
NJN2819212997
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 11, 18, 5, 32, 24, 26, 16, 31NJN31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 10, 8, 7, 0, 0, 15, 13, 27NJN27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 9, 3, 8, 10, 8, 12, 14, 28CHA28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 26, 22, 10, 23, 17, 11, 11, 28CHA28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIA @ LAL

Lakers win a tight one over Miami

108–107. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 33 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MIA1TOR over WAS2NJN over CHA6NYK over ATL7DET over MIL9NOH over MIN9UTA over IND9CLE over CHI14MEM over DAL16BOS over OKC18Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MIA.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 12, 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36OKC vs BOS · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 22, 18, 22, 26, 28, 26, 24, 35UTA vs IND · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 23, 18, 17, 9, 6, 22, 22, 34WAS vs TOR · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 40, 21, 26, 34, 20, 30, 18, 33LAL vs MIA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 22, 16, 18, 20, 30, 22, 2, 31TOR @ WAS · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 11, 18, 5, 32, 24, 26, 16, 31NJN vs CHA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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
Jason KiddDAL+2.2 11.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jarrett JackTOR+2.0 10.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Greg OdenPOR+1.8 13.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+1.7 13.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK+1.5 14.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Chris BoshTOR−2.2 22.2 last 10 · 24.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−1.7 15.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Rasheed WallaceBOS−1.2 8.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
O.J. MayoMEM−1.1 16.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jose CalderonTOR−0.6 11.7 last 10 · 12.3 season