FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 29, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NOH by 8 after three quarters and won 108–100.

Final
CLE95
ATL84
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +11
Final
OKC110
WAS98
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +12
Final
NYK104
DET87
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +17
Final
IND95
CHI104
Q1 CHI +19; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +9
Final
NOH100
HOU108
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +8
Final
MIN99
SAS117
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +18
Final
GSW118
LAL124
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +6
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 29, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (MIN vs MEM), 38 points.
The lead · NOH @ HOU

Houston rallies from 8 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 8 after three, Houston outscored the Hornets 34–18 the rest of the way. Final: 108–100. Aaron Brooks led Houston with 27 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists. David West scored 44 for New Orleans in the loss.

Game flow · HOU 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+8+10-8+8HOU AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH23283118100
HOU31301334108
Who led
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 23, 25, 5, 7, 17, 17, 23, 27HOU27 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 11, 5, 13, 11, 5, 8, 7, 20HOU20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 20, 11, 32, 12, 21, 14, 12, 44NOH44 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 13, 20, 16, 30, 10, 20, 15, 16NOH16 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
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
29.9Season avg38.2Last 5

38.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · GSW @ LAL

Lakers beat Golden State, 124–118

Lakers led 88–86 after three and won by 6. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 44 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over GSW6HOU over NOH8CHI over IND9CLE over ATL11OKC over WAS12NYK over DET17SAS over MIN18Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over GSW.
Top performances

David West leads the day with 44

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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 20, 11, 32, 12, 21, 14, 12, 44NOH @ HOU · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Bosh TOR, Jan 20, 2010: 44 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Career high44 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 42, 39, 29, 28, 40, 35, 38, 34, 44LAL vs GSW · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, May 6, 2013: 44 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Season high44 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 12, 27, 13, 30, 38, 30, 40, 35OKC @ WAS · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 16, 13, 25, 15, 18, 19, 28, 30NYK @ DET · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 19, 21, 18, 32, 24, 26, 14, 28CHI vs IND · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 30, 10, 15, 7, 23, 20, 24, 28WAS vs OKC · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.2 17.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.1 34.5 last 10 · 30.4 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−5.9 6.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.3 9.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−4.4 6.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 14.4 last 10 · 18.4 season
Hakim WarrickMIL−3.8 6.3 last 10 · 10.1 season