FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 15, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAC by 11 at halftime and won 95–88.

Final
NYK87
CHA94
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA +7
Final
NJN89
CLE99
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +10
Final
TOR95
MIA115
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +20
Final
LAL96
CHI87
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +9
Final
DET96
HOU107
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +11
Final
SAS104
PHX116
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +12
Final
SAC88
POR95
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -11; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +7
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 15, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Paul Millsap (UTA @ BOS), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ POR

Portland fights back from 11 down against Sacramento

Final: 95–88, after trailing by 11 at the half. Brandon Roy led Portland with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final00-11-7+7POR AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2331191588
POR2320232995
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 19, 25, 28, 27, 29, 23, 23, 25POR25 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 16, 14, 12, 19, 20, 22, 31, 25POR25 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 14, 26, 21, 30, 25, 19, 18, 19SAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 22, 22, 13, 5, 20, 19, 23, 18SAC18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NYK @ CHA

Charlotte fights back late to top New York

New York led 74–66 after three. Charlotte won the fourth 28–13 and the game 94–87. Stephen Jackson led Charlotte with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHA vs NYK
Stephen Jackson · CHAChris Duhon · NYKPTS2418REB43AST46Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg23.8Last 3

23.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 30, 18, 33, 26, 27, 20, 16, 42LAL @ CHI · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 2, 1998: 42 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Season high42 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 22, 16, 26, 23, 17, 17, 21, 34SAS @ PHX · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 14, 14, 18, 18, 20, 28, 13, 28PHX vs SAS · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 18, 27, 17, 12, 20, 16, 6, 28MIA vs TOR · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 2, 31, 25, 21, 26, 14, 27, 28TOR @ MIA · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 20, 14, 32, 12, 27, 20, 28, 25PHX vs SAS · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 13 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+3.8 20.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Jonas JerebkoDET+3.7 11.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+3.7 22.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Chris DuhonNYK+3.3 12.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Brook LopezNJN+3.2 22.8 last 10 · 19.6 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
Andrew BynumLAL−3.1 14.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.0 18.0 last 10 · 21.0 season