FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 10, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 120–111.

Final
DEN99
DET101
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +2
Final
BOS104
WAS102
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +2
Final
ORL111
UTA120
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +9
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 10, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs MIN), 45 points.
The lead · ORL @ UTA

Deron Williams scores 32 in Utah win over Orlando

Final: 120–111. Deron Williams added 8 rebounds and 15 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-13-8+9+9UTA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL35252130111
UTA22303830120
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 21, 24, 22, 11, 18, 17, 17, 32UTA32 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 5 games: 0, 8, 10, 14, 22UTA22 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 22, 21, 25, 23, 10, 27, 13, 34ORL34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 12, 22, 25, 24, 19, 17, 25, 18ORL18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ DET

Detroit holds off Denver, 101–99

Detroit led 80–73 after three and held on to win by two. Charlie Villanueva led Detroit with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over DEN2BOS over WAS2UTA over ORL9Final margin, points. Pink = DET over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg35.2Today

35 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 40

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 50, 32, 25, 22, 34, 14, 34, 40DEN @ DET · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Zach LaVine MIN, Dec 23, 2016: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 22, 21, 25, 23, 10, 27, 13, 34ORL @ UTA · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 21, 24, 22, 11, 18, 17, 17, 32UTA vs ORL · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 13, 19, 11, 13, 9, 18, 11, 27DET vs DEN · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 17, 9, 6, 22, 22, 34, 8, 25WAS vs BOS · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 25, 21, 23, 17, 19, 25, 27, 25DET vs DEN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 0 REB · 3 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
Carlos BoozerUTA+3.3 24.0 last 10 · 20.7 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
Andray BlatcheWAS−2.4 8.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−2.3 14.4 last 10 · 16.7 season