FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 13, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed OKC by 5 at halftime and won 102–89.

Final
HOU88
TOR101
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +13
Final
NJN107
ATL130
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +23
Final
MEM118
MIA90
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +26; Q4 MEM +28
Final
CLE102
OKC89
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +13
Final
SAS115
LAC90
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +25
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 13, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs OKC), 46 points.
The lead · CLE @ OKC

LeBron James scores 44 as Cleveland beats OKC

Cleveland won 102–89. LeBron James: 44 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-5+2+13CLE AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE27222924102
OKC2925221389
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27, 33, 44CLE44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 25, 11, 15, 13, 20, 7, 14, 22CLE22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28, 32, 29OKC29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 19, 17, 12, 19, 6, 21, 11, 26OKC26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg29.1Today

29 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · HOU @ TOR

Toronto leads Houston wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 101–88. Best quarter: the first, 32–17. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over HOU13CLE over OKC13ATL over NJN23SAS over LAC25MEM over MIA28Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over HOU.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 44

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: 34, 25, 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27, 33, 44CLE @ OKC · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Dec 7, 1996: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 16, 14, 15, 20, 18, 21, 16, 41MEM @ MIA · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 18, 2002: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28, 32, 29OKC vs CLE · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 22, 2, 31, 25, 21, 26, 14, 27TOR vs HOU · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 19, 17, 12, 19, 6, 21, 11, 26OKC vs CLE · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 13, 21, 10, 22, 23, 14, 20, 25HOU @ TOR · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Brook LopezNJN+4.3 23.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.2 16.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Monta EllisGSW+3.5 28.2 last 10 · 24.7 season
Jonas JerebkoDET+3.4 11.3 last 10 · 7.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC+3.1 17.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Chris KamanLAC−3.7 15.0 last 10 · 18.7 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.7 17.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Dahntay JonesIND−3.0 11.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.0 18.0 last 10 · 21.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.8 25.0 last 10 · 27.8 season