FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 9, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed MIN by 11 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final
CHI83
ATL118
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +30; Q4 ATL +35
Final
POR102
IND91
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +11
Final
DET90
PHI86
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +4
Final
GSW105
NJN89
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +16
Final
TOR95
MIL117
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +22
Final
NOH97
MIN96
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -11; Q3 NOH -5; Q4 NOH +1
Final
CLE85
HOU95
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +10
Final
SAC106
SAS118
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +12
Final
UTA77
LAL101
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +24
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 9, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs SAS), 35 points.
The lead · NOH @ MIN

New Orleans climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 11 at the half. New Orleans won it 97–96. Peja Stojakovic led New Orleans with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final00-11-5+1NOH AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2924251997
MIN2935191396
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 2, 25, 15, 25, 17, 14, 10, 8, 14, 21NOH21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 21, 24, 4, 10, 9, 4, 8, 20NOH20 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 5, 3, 27, 20, 15, 23, 16, 21MIN21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 14, 20, 14, 12, 20, 15, 12, 17MIN17 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg25.1Today

25 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat Chicago by 35, the widest margin of 9 games.

NOH over MIN1DET over PHI4HOU over CLE10POR over IND11SAS over SAC12GSW over NJN16MIL over TOR22LAL over UTA24ATL over CHI35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Brandon Roy leads the day with 29

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.
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 18, 13, 26, 19, 25, 28, 27, 29POR @ IND · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 20, 10, 24, 20, 16, 12, 6, 29ATL vs CHI · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 21, 26, 34, 20, 30, 18, 33, 26, 27LAL vs UTA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 34, 25, 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27CLE @ HOU · L
28.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 8, 25, 21, 23, 17, 19, 25, 27DET @ PHI · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 8, 9, 12, 21, 22, 25, 6, 27HOU vs CLE · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Monta EllisGSW+5.3 29.7 last 10 · 24.4 season
Al ThorntonLAC+4.6 18.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
James HardenOKC+3.8 13.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+3.4 18.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Tyreke EvansSAC+3.1 23.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.4 16.8 last 10 · 21.2 season
Chris KamanLAC−3.9 14.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Chris BoshTOR−3.2 21.1 last 10 · 24.3 season
Matt BarnesORL−3.0 3.8 last 10 · 6.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−2.3 14.4 last 10 · 16.7 season