FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 20, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 4 after the first quarter and won 102–95.

Final
NOH92
TOR98
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +6
Final
DEN96
MEM102
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +18; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +6
Final
MIN104
BOS122
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +25; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +18
Final
LAL93
DET81
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +12
Final
POR102
MIA95
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +7
Final
CLE95
DAL102
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +7
Final
CHA94
NYK98
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
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 20, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (GSW @ CHA), 50 points.
The lead · POR @ MIA

Portland beats Miami, 102–95

Portland led 71–69 after three and won by 7. Brandon Roy led Portland with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-3+2+7POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR21242631102
MIA2523212695
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27, 33, 28POR28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 20, 22, 31, 25, 15, 3, 23POR23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 25, 26, 34, 28, 25, 19, 25, 28MIA28 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 0, 20, 3, 13, 20, 0, 11, 22MIA22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Boston by 18.

NYK over CHA4TOR over NOH6MEM over DEN6POR over MIA7DAL over CLE7LAL over DET12BOS over MIN18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg37.9Today

38 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 41

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 14, 34, 40, 32, 31, 38, 17, 41DEN @ MEM · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Jan 4, 1996: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 24, 32, 19, 13, 20, 10, 26, 32MEM vs DEN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 24 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 8, 21, 15, 12, 14, 19, 9, 29BOS vs MIN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27, 33, 28POR @ MIA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 25, 26, 34, 28, 25, 19, 25, 28MIA vs POR · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 26, 27, 20, 16, 42, 39, 29, 28LAL @ DET · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 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
Brandon RoyPOR+4.6 26.8 last 10 · 22.2 season
Chris DuhonNYK+4.3 13.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+4.0 16.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Willie GreenPHI+3.9 12.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+3.5 23.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.1 17.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.1 15.0 last 10 · 18.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL−3.0 13.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Antonio McDyessSAS−2.8 2.5 last 10 · 5.3 season