FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 5, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 5 after the first quarter and won 102–92.

Final
BOS100
NJN75
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +27; Q4 BOS +25
Final
NYK116
TOR99
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +17
Final
CLE92
DET102
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +10
Final
GSW109
OKC114
Q1 OKC +15; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +5
Final
NOH84
SAS109
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +27; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +25
Final
MEM107
DEN108
Q1 DEN +17; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +1
Final
WAS108
PHX125
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +17
Final
LAC91
POR100
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +22; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +9
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 5, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ SAS), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Cleveland's skid reaches four

Detroit won 102–92; the Cavaliers fall to 7–13. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+5+11+10DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2422212592
DET19322724102
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 27, 5, 12, 15, 17, 12, 9, 10, 27DET27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 19, 17, 18, 29, 14, 8, 11, 24DET24 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 12, 6, 22, 8, 6, 11, 17, 22CLE22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 6, 25, 20, 25, 13, 11, 4, 14CLE14 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 9 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg33.2Today

33 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · WAS @ PHX

Phoenix takes care of Washington

A 17-point win, 125–108. Hakim Warrick led Phoenix with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MEM1OKC over GSW5POR over LAC9DET over CLE10NYK over TOR17PHX over WAS17BOS over NJN25SAS over NOH25Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over WAS.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 39

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 13, 17, 21, 26, 20, 32, 9, 39GSW @ OKC · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 39, 17, 20, 24, 37, 35, 34, 31NYK @ TOR · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 5, 20, 18, 23, 26, 12, 38, 29GSW @ OKC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 30, 24, 28, 32, 25, 18, 26, 28OKC vs GSW · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 12, 22, 6, 18, 12, 24, 11, 27DEN vs MEM · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 27, 5, 12, 15, 17, 12, 9, 10, 27DET vs CLE · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 3 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
Wesley MatthewsPOR+4.9 18.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.9 25.5 last 10 · 20.6 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.1 29.0 last 10 · 24.9 season
Darko MilicicMIN+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Channing FryePHX+3.1 13.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Jarrett JackNOH−3.9 4.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ben GordonDET−3.9 8.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Paul MillsapUTA−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Jason TerryDAL−3.3 12.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−3.2 18.4 last 10 · 21.6 season