FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 26, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 6 after the first quarter and won 106–101.

Final
MEM101
DAL106
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +5
Final
ATL110
IND98
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +12
Final
HOU98
NJN93
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +5
Final
NOH85
CHI96
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +11
Final
WAS89
MIN101
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +12
Final
CHA91
OKC98
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +7
Final
SAS112
MIL97
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +25; Q4 SAS +15
Final
PHI76
UTA97
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +21
Final · 2OT
LAL112
SAC103
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +9
Final
PHX127
GSW132
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +5
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 26, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (TOR @ SAC), 36 points.
The lead · MEM @ DAL

Dallas handles Memphis by 5

The Mavericks won the second quarter 29–25. Final: 106–101. Jason Terry led Dallas with 23 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-6-2+2+5DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM30252224101
DAL24292627106
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 16, 11, 12, 7, 14, 19, 8, 23DAL23 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 33, 25, 36, 10, 35, 5, 27, 20DAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 19, 13, 20, 10, 26, 32, 33, 27MEM27 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 16, 41, 23, 11, 18, 19, 16, 22MEM22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg9.8Last 3

9.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 29.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · PHX @ GSW

Golden State upsets Phoenix

Golden State (7–21) beat Phoenix (19–11) 132–127. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MEM5HOU over NJN5GSW over PHX5OKC over CHA7LAL over SAC9CHI over NOH11ATL over IND12MIN over WAS12SAS over MIL15UTA over PHI21Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over PHX.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 16, 42, 39, 29, 28, 40, 35, 38LAL @ SAC · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 28, 25, 16, 15, 18, 24, 14, 36PHX @ GSW · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 27, 29, 8, 35, 30, 23, 35, 33GSW vs PHX · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 14, 23, 24, 21, 23, 25, 22, 33GSW vs PHX · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 29, 32, 12, 27, 13, 30, 38, 30OKC vs CHA · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 19, 13, 20, 10, 26, 32, 33, 27MEM @ DAL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.6 22.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.0 21.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Troy MurphyIND+3.9 18.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Andrew BynumLAL−5.4 9.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Dahntay JonesIND−4.7 8.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−4.4 6.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Hakim WarrickMIL−3.7 6.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.5 15.8 last 10 · 19.3 season