FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 23, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU87
ORL102
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +15
Final
TOR94
DET64
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +23; Q4 TOR +30
Final
UTA70
MIA80
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +10
Final
MIN103
NJN99
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +4
Final
WAS109
MIL97
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +12
Final
GSW102
NOH108
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +6
Final
POR98
SAS94
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +4
Final
ATL104
DEN124
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +20
Final
OKC117
PHX113
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +4
Final · OT
CLE117
SAC104
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +13
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 23, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Rodney Stuckey (DET vs CHI), 40 points.
The lead · MIN @ NJN

New Jersey's skid reaches eight

Minnesota won 103–99; the Nets fall to 2–27. Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+4+2+4MIN AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN27252427103
NJN2325262599
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 24, 26, 23, 18, 16, 20, 17, 27MIN27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jonny FlynnPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 10, 8, 28, 9, 12, 21, 16, 22MIN22 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 19, 18, 23, 22, 9, 8, 21, 23NJN23 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Yi JianlianPoints, last 5 games: 17, 12, 6, 4, 22NJN22 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Raptors rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Toronto beat Detroit by 30.

MIN over NJN4POR over SAS4OKC over PHX4NOH over GSW6MIA over UTA10WAS over MIL12CLE over SAC13ORL over HOU15DEN over ATL20TOR over DET30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith 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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 16, 14, 2, 19, 21, 25, 7, 41DEN vs ATL · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +26.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Jan 11, 2006: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Season high41 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 32, 29, 32, 12, 27, 13, 30, 38OKC @ PHX · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 20, 28, 13, 28, 27, 23, 14, 35PHX vs OKC · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 18, 27, 29, 8, 35, 30, 23, 35GSW @ NOH · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 33, 44, 23, 36, 26, 25, 29, 34CLE @ SAC · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Jan 1, 2022: 35 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
34 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 11, 8, 11, 25, 7, 3, 14, 32MIL vs WAS · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 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
Chris DuhonNYK+4.6 14.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.4 26.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+3.7 16.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+3.6 21.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Troy MurphyIND+3.5 17.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Hakim WarrickMIL−4.2 5.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−3.9 7.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Andrew BynumLAL−3.8 12.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.4 16.3 last 10 · 19.7 season