FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 16, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed DET by 13 at halftime and won 95–87.

Final
MEM97
ATL110
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +13
Final
CHA98
IND101
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +3
Final
TOR99
ORL118
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +19
Final
CLE108
PHI101
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +7
Final
UTA108
NJN92
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +16
Final · OT
LAL107
MIL106
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final
LAC120
MIN95
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +25
Final
DET87
NOH95
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -13; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +8
Final
DAL100
OKC86
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +14
Final
HOU101
DEN111
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +10
Final
SAS103
GSW91
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +12
Final
WAS109
SAC112
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +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 16, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Nate Robinson (NYK @ LAL), 33 points.
The lead · DET @ NOH

David West scores 32, New Orleans rallies past Detroit

New Orleans trailed by 13 at the half and won 95–87.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-3-13-3+8NOH AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2827181487
NOH2517282595
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 24, 8, 17, 24, 13, 20, 11, 32NOH32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 25, 3, 16, 15, 15, 13, 20, 16NOH16 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 17, 19, 25, 27, 25, 29, 17, 26DET26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 13, 9, 18, 11, 27, 24, 16, 18DET18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.9minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
33.82008–09 avg7.9Last 2

7.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.8 in 2008–09 (35 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Minnesota by 25.

LAL over MIL1IND over CHA3SAC over WAS3CLE over PHI7NOH over DET8DEN over HOU10SAS over GSW12ATL over MEM13DAL over OKC14UTA over NJN16ORL over TOR19LAC over MIN25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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: 20, 30, 18, 33, 26, 27, 20, 16, 42, 39LAL @ MIL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 22, 34, 14, 34, 40, 32, 31, 38DEN vs HOU · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27, 33, 44, 23, 36CLE @ PHI · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 24, 16, 32, 33, 25, 36, 10, 35DAL @ OKC · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 45, 15, 24, 33, 31, 18, 27, 29, 8, 35GSW vs SAS · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 22, 22, 34, 8, 25, 22, 16, 33WAS @ SAC · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Jonas JerebkoDET+4.0 12.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+3.5 22.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Chris DuhonNYK+3.3 12.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+3.1 20.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+3.0 19.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−4.2 9.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Andrew BynumLAL−3.6 13.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.6 17.1 last 10 · 20.7 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−2.8 7.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
George HillSAS−2.5 8.0 last 10 · 10.5 season