FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 3, 2010Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 15 after three quarters and won 107–101.

Final · OT
NJN84
CHA91
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +7
Final
OKC99
TOR111
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +12
Final
POR79
WAS83
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -12; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +4
Final
PHI88
ATL93
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +5
Final
ORL104
DET91
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +13
Final
CHI92
BOS104
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +12
Final
HOU127
MEM111
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +16
Final
NYK100
NOH92
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +8
Final
MIN101
SAS107
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -15; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAC104
DEN109
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +5
Final
IND97
PHX105
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +8
Final
SAC80
LAL113
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +33
Final
DAL93
UTA81
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +12
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 · 2009–10Dec 3, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ DEN), 25 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio storms back from 15 down to beat Minnesota

The Spurs trailed by 15 after three and won 107–101. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-1-15+6SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN25293215101
SAS25281836107
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 8, 15, 9, 15, 21, 15, 8, 22SAS22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 19, 24, 18, 9, 6, 12, 2, 20SAS20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 28, 33, 25, 15, 11, 28, 16, 28MIN28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 20, 24, 0, 24, 32, 21, 12, 25MIN25 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Sacramento by 33, the widest margin of 13 games.

WAS over POR4ATL over PHI5DEN over LAC5SAS over MIN6CHA over NJN7NYK over NOH8PHX over IND8TOR over OKC12BOS over CHI12DAL over UTA12ORL over DET13HOU over MEM16LAL over SAC33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 34

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 26, 39, 17, 20, 24, 37, 35, 34NYK @ NOH · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 7, 19, 6, 14, 31, 16, 8, 30DET vs ORL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 11, 15, 17, 25, 17, 14, 23, 29MEM vs HOU · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 10, 11, 15, 16, 16, 10, 10, 29PHX vs IND · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 11, 13, 14, 6, 14, 6, 8, 28HOU @ MEM · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 28, 33, 25, 15, 11, 28, 16, 28MIN @ SAS · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Blake GriffinLAC+3.9 24.5 last 10 · 20.6 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+3.8 28.3 last 10 · 24.6 season
Chris BoshMIA+3.2 21.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Raymond FeltonNYK+2.7 20.8 last 10 · 18.1 season
Anthony MorrowNJN+2.7 15.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−3.7 8.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Paul MillsapUTA−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Rudy GayMEM−3.6 18.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Jarrett JackNOH−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Metta World PeaceLAL−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season