FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 19, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 13 points, by SAS (vs IND) and CHI (vs ATL).

Final
UTA110
CHA102
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
Final
POR83
ORL92
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +9
Final · OT
LAC112
PHI107
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +5
Final · OT
ATL98
CHI101
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +3
Final
LAL103
NJN84
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +19
Final
OKC90
HOU95
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SAC96
MIL95
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +1
Final
IND99
SAS100
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS -13; Q4 SAS +1
Final
WAS95
PHX121
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +30; Q4 PHX +26
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 19, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Devin Harris (NJN vs DAL), 41 points.
The lead · IND @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 13 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 13 after three, San Antonio outscored the Pacers 30–16 the rest of the way. Final: 100–99. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 19 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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+9+5-13+1SAS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2124381699
SAS30202030100
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 26, 23, 17, 17, 21, 34, 27, 19SAS19 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 27, 22, 18, 9, 10, 15, 12, 15SAS15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 13, 10, 15, 28, 14, 26, 9, 21IND21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 12, 6, 20, 4, 8, 8, 6, 20IND20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Washington by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

SAC over MIL1SAS over IND1CHI over ATL3LAC over PHI5HOU over OKC5UTA over CHA8ORL over POR9LAL over NJN19PHX over WAS26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 40

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 29, 31, 12, 20, 21, 26, 12, 40ATL @ CHI · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Dickerson VAN, Feb 10, 2000: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 28, 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27, 33POR @ ORL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 9, 27, 19, 15, 19, 21, 18, 32CHI vs ATL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 18, 7, 26, 13, 1, 18, 13, 31HOU vs OKC · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 13, 24, 25, 18, 23, 21, 29, 30CHA vs UTA · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 33, 26, 27, 20, 16, 42, 39, 29LAL @ NJN · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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+4.3 13.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.1 23.9 last 10 · 19.8 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.9 25.9 last 10 · 22.0 season
Willie GreenPHI+3.9 12.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+3.0 15.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL−3.8 12.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.7 13.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jason TerryDAL−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.1 17.2 last 10 · 20.3 season