FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 14, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed IND by 13 after the first quarter and won 106–98.

Final
IND98
ORL106
Q1 ORL -13; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +8
Final
GSW101
PHI117
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +29; Q4 PHI +16
Final
BOS110
MEM105
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
NOH90
DAL94
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +4
Final
OKC93
DEN102
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +9
Final
MIN110
UTA108
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +2
Final
WAS95
LAC97
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +2
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 14, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: Jeff Green (OKC @ SAS), 33 points.
The lead · IND @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of a 13-point hole against Indiana

Down 13 after one, the Magic won the second quarter 36–24 and the game 106–98. Vince Carter led Orlando with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-13-1-2+8ORL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3024271798
ORL17362627106
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 25, 23, 10, 27, 13, 34, 8, 28ORL28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 25, 24, 19, 17, 25, 18, 10, 21ORL21 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 9 games: 13, 22, 6, 10, 10, 10, 15, 24, 26IND26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 4, 13, 16, 13, 10, 15, 28, 14IND14 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · WAS @ LAC

Clippers take over late to edge Washington

Down 2 after three, Clippers won the fourth 30–26. Final: 97–95. Eric Gordon led Clippers with 29 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over UTA2LAC over WAS2DAL over NOH4BOS over MEM5ORL over IND8DEN over OKC9PHI over GSW16Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over WAS.
Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 38

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 22, 11, 18, 17, 17, 32, 21, 38UTA vs MIN · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 6, 30, 15, 13, 13, 16, 31, 32WAS @ LAC · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28, 32, 29, 32OKC @ DEN · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 50, 32, 25, 22, 34, 14, 34, 40, 32, 31DEN vs OKC · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 15, 6, 14, 29, 10, 21, 10, 29LAC vs WAS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 25, 23, 10, 27, 13, 34, 8, 28ORL vs IND · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 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
Brook LopezNJN+4.3 23.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Jonas JerebkoDET+3.4 11.3 last 10 · 7.9 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+3.0 19.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Omri CasspiSAC+2.9 13.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jarrett JackTOR+2.9 12.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.7 17.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Chris KamanLAC−3.3 15.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Dahntay JonesIND−3.3 11.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.0 18.0 last 10 · 21.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.8 25.0 last 10 · 27.8 season