FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 11, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHI by 10 after the first quarter and won 96–91.

Final
NJN91
IND107
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +16
Final
HOU96
PHI91
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +5
Final
ATL111
TOR89
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +22
Final
DAL106
MIA93
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +13
Final · OT
GSW91
CHI96
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +5
Final
POR99
CLE104
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +5
Final
OKC102
MEM94
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +8
Final
NYK113
NOH96
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +17
Final
CHA85
SAS104
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +19
Final
MIN92
LAL104
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +12
Final
ORL103
PHX106
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +3
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 11, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR @ UTA), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHI

Houston turns it around against Philadelphia

From 10 down after one to a 5-point win: 96–91. Carl Landry led Houston with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-10-3+12+5HOU AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1929282096
PHI2922132791
Who led
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 13, 21, 10, 22, 23, 14, 20HOU20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 9, 12, 21, 22, 25, 6, 27, 19HOU19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 16, 21, 19, 28, 22, 31, 18, 24PHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 6 games: 11, 18, 8, 11, 11, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Atlanta by 22.

PHX over ORL3HOU over PHI5CHI over GSW5CLE over POR5OKC over MEM8LAL over MIN12DAL over MIA13IND over NJN16NYK over NOH17SAS over CHA19ATL over TOR22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

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: 32, 34, 25, 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27, 33CLE vs POR · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28, 32OKC @ MEM · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 24, 18, 27, 22, 25, 26, 34, 28MIA vs DAL · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 12, 18, 14, 14, 18, 18, 20, 28PHX vs ORL · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 41, 9, 22, 14, 27, 26, 12, 28NYK @ NOH · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 37, 42, 18, 45, 15, 24, 33, 31, 18, 27GSW @ CHI · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Al ThorntonLAC+4.6 18.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+4.5 29.0 last 10 · 24.5 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.2 16.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
James HardenOKC+4.1 13.6 last 10 · 9.5 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
Joe JohnsonATL−3.2 17.8 last 10 · 21.0 season
Chris BoshTOR−3.0 20.9 last 10 · 23.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.9 25.5 last 10 · 28.4 season