FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 25, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DEN by 7 after the first quarter and won 107–96.

Final
MIA93
NYK87
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +6
Final
BOS86
ORL77
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +9
Final
CLE102
LAL87
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +15
Final
LAC93
PHX124
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +31
Final
DEN96
POR107
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +11
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 25, 2008: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ POR), 30 points.
The lead · DEN @ POR

Brandon Roy scores 41 as Portland beats Denver

Portland won 107–96. Brandon Roy: 41 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2-2+11POR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3120252096
POR24252533107
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27, 33, 28, 23, 41POR41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 7, 5, 12, 11, 3, 6, 7, 17POR17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 40, 32, 31, 38, 17, 41, 24, 32DEN32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 14, 2, 19, 21, 25, 7, 41, 20DEN20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIA @ NYK

Miami gets past New York

93–87, with Miami ahead 41–37 at halftime. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over NYK6BOS over ORL9POR over DEN11CLE over LAL15PHX over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over NYK.
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
22.2Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Roy 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.
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 23, 23, 25, 27, 33, 28, 23, 41POR vs DEN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 7, 1997: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 20, 16, 42, 39, 29, 28, 40, 35LAL vs CLE · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 40, 32, 31, 38, 17, 41, 24, 32DEN @ POR · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 34, 28, 25, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30MIA @ NYK · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 22, 13, 12, 17, 8, 24, 27, 28CLE @ LAL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 8, 28, 12, 10, 9, 18, 18, 27ORL vs BOS · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Brandon RoyPOR+5.1 27.9 last 10 · 22.8 season
Chris DuhonNYK+4.6 14.0 last 10 · 9.4 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
Andrew BynumLAL−4.9 10.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
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
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.4 16.3 last 10 · 19.7 season