FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 12, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 13 at halftime and won 105–99.

Final
IND114
WAS113
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +1
Final
GSW95
DET104
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET -6; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +9
Final
BOS106
CHI80
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +26
Final · OT
CHA97
DAL98
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -8; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +1
Final · 2OT
POR101
MIL108
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +7
Final
PHX99
DEN105
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -13; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +6
Final
LAL94
UTA102
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MIN100
SAC120
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +20
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 12, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND @ DET), 42 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Denver rallies from 13 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 13 at the half, Denver outscored the Suns 58–39 the rest of the way. Final: 105–99. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+3-130+6DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2634172299
DEN29183028105
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 50, 32, 25, 22, 34, 14, 34, 40, 32DEN32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 14, 22, 13, 18, 31, 14, 21, 24DEN24 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 20, 20, 14, 32, 12, 27, 20, 28PHX28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 18, 14, 14, 18, 18, 20, 28, 13PHX13 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

IND over WAS1DAL over CHA1DEN over PHX6MIL over POR7UTA over LAL8DET over GSW9SAC over MIN20BOS over CHI26Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 27, 28, 24, 16, 32, 33, 25, 36DAL vs CHA · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 50, 32, 25, 22, 34, 14, 34, 40, 32DEN vs PHX · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 12, 16, 14, 12, 19, 20, 22, 31POR @ MIL · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 24, 6, 30, 15, 13, 13, 16, 31WAS vs IND · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 42, 18, 45, 15, 24, 33, 31, 18, 27, 29GSW @ DET · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 21, 23, 17, 19, 25, 27, 25, 29DET vs GSW · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.2 16.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
James HardenOKC+4.1 13.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Monta EllisGSW+3.5 28.2 last 10 · 24.7 season
Jonas JerebkoDET+3.4 11.3 last 10 · 7.9 season
Cold
Chris KamanLAC−3.9 14.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.7 17.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.2 17.8 last 10 · 21.0 season
Chris BoshTOR−3.0 20.9 last 10 · 23.9 season
Dahntay JonesIND−3.0 11.8 last 10 · 14.8 season