FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 17, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by CHI (vs NYK) and POR (vs PHX).

Final
NYK89
CHI98
Q1 CHI -11; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +9
Final
ORL86
MIA104
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +29; Q4 MIA +18
Final
PHX102
POR105
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -11; Q4 POR +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 17, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND vs GSW), 41 points.
The lead · PHX @ POR

Portland climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 11 after three. Portland won it 105–102. Jerryd Bayless led Portland with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 4 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 Q3Final0-3-7-11+3POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28272621102
POR25232235105
Who led
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 2, 13, 14, 5, 2, 9, 14, 29POR29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 25, 28, 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27POR27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 14, 18, 18, 20, 28, 13, 28, 27PHX27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 12, 14, 12, 9, 12, 13, 17, 20PHX20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NYK @ CHI

Chicago handles New York by 9

The Bulls won the fourth quarter 29–17. Final: 98–89. Luol Deng led Chicago with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over PHX3CHI over NYK9MIA over ORL18Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.2Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jerryd Bayless leads the day with 29

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.
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 2, 13, 14, 5, 2, 9, 14, 29POR vs PHX · W
7.3 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 14, 18, 18, 20, 28, 13, 28, 27PHX @ POR · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 25, 28, 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27POR vs PHX · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 22, 25, 26, 34, 28, 25, 19, 25MIA vs ORL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 11, 9, 27, 10, 21, 17, 21, 24CHI vs NYK · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 27, 17, 12, 20, 16, 6, 28, 22MIA vs ORL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Chris DuhonNYK+4.1 13.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Jonas JerebkoDET+4.0 12.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.6 25.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+3.5 22.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Steve NashPHX+3.2 21.4 last 10 · 18.2 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