FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 28, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed BOS by 13 after the first quarter and won 103–99.

Final
MIL84
CHA94
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +22; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +10
Final
OKC105
NJN89
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +16
Final · OT
WAS111
MEM116
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +5
Final
LAL103
PHX118
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +15
Final
PHI104
POR93
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +11
Final
DEN101
SAC106
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +5
Final
BOS99
GSW103
Q1 GSW -13; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +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 28, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND vs NOH), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ GSW

Monta Ellis scores 37, Golden State rallies past Boston

Golden State trailed by 13 after one and won 103–99.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-13-1+4+4GSW AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3523182399
GSW22352323103
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 29, 8, 35, 30, 23, 35, 33, 37GSW37 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Anthony RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 0, 15, 11, 15, 10, 12, 17, 18GSW18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 16, 18, 13, 13, 15, 17, 20, 30BOS30 PTS · 3 REB · 15 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 10, 18, 17, 20, 23, 18, 13, 24BOS24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: OKC by 16.

GSW over BOS4MEM over WAS5SAC over DEN5CHA over MIL10PHI over POR11PHX over LAL15OKC over NJN16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.9Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg14.9Last 3

14.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 32, 12, 27, 13, 30, 38, 30, 40OKC @ NJN · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Redd MIL, Apr 29, 2006: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 29, 8, 35, 30, 23, 35, 33, 37GSW vs BOS · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 31, 38, 17, 41, 24, 32, 16, 34DEN @ SAC · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 42, 39, 29, 28, 40, 35, 38, 34LAL @ PHX · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 16, 18, 13, 13, 15, 17, 20, 30BOS @ GSW · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 15 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 16, 33, 45, 22, 31, 18, 26, 30WAS @ MEM · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.3 23.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.6 last 10 · 22.8 season
Troy MurphyIND+4.4 18.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.2 17.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.2 26.8 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−6.2 6.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.4 9.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−4.4 6.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Anthony MorrowGSW−4.2 8.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Hakim WarrickMIL−3.8 6.3 last 10 · 10.1 season