FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 18, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed LAC by 16 at halftime and won 95–91.

Final
NJN95
TOR118
Q1 TOR +24; Q2 TOR +37; Q3 TOR +34; Q4 TOR +23
Final
UTA83
ATL96
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +30; Q4 ATL +13
Final
PHI98
BOS97
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +1
Final
MIL82
CLE85
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +3
Final
IND94
MEM107
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +13
Final
SAC96
MIN112
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +16
Final
DEN92
NOH98
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -6; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +6
Final
LAC91
NYK95
Q1 NYK -15; Q2 NYK -16; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DET98
OKC109
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +11
Final · OT
HOU116
DAL108
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +8
Final
WAS118
GSW109
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +9
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 18, 2008: 2 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR vs PHX), 52 points.
The lead · LAC @ NYK

New York erases 16-point lead, steals one from Clippers

Clippers led 58–42 at halftime. New York won the second half 53–33 to take it 95–91. David Lee led New York with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-160+4NYK AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC3127141991
NYK1626302395
Who led
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 9, 18, 24, 17, 17, 16, 13, 25NYK25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 8, 25, 7, 6, 22, 18, 18, 17NYK17 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 8, 10, 16, 16, 19, 23, 23, 20LAC20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 14, 20, 12, 18, 20, 14, 13, 19LAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.2minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
33.82008–09 avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 2008–09 (35 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 23.

PHI over BOS1CLE over MIL3NYK over LAC4NOH over DEN6HOU over DAL8WAS over GSW9OKC over DET11ATL over UTA13MEM over IND13MIN over SAC16TOR over NJN23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 45

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 22, 34, 8, 25, 22, 16, 33, 45WAS @ GSW · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Aug 6, 2020: 45 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Season high45 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 19, 25, 27, 25, 29, 17, 26, 31DET @ OKC · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 3, 16, 15, 15, 13, 20, 16, 30NOH vs DEN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 19 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 33, 31, 18, 27, 29, 8, 35, 30GSW vs WAS · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 15, 16, 20, 10, 23, 20, 16, 28WAS @ GSW · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 13, 22, 14, 6, 19, 14, 8, 27GSW vs WAS · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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
Willie GreenPHI+4.6 12.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Chris DuhonNYK+4.3 13.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.1 23.9 last 10 · 19.8 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.6 25.2 last 10 · 21.6 season
Wesley MatthewsUTA+3.2 12.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−3.7 13.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Andrew BynumLAL−3.6 13.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Dahntay JonesIND−3.4 10.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jason TerryDAL−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.0 17.5 last 10 · 20.5 season