FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 6, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIN by 7 at halftime and won 121–114.

Final
TOR100
IND124
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +24
Final
ATL80
ORL74
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +6
Final
MIN114
NYK121
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +7
Final
OKC90
CHI99
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +9
Final
MIA88
MIL78
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +10
Final
MEM85
UTA94
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +9
Final
SAC91
LAC98
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +7
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 6, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ SAC), 34 points.
The lead · MIN @ NYK

Amar'e Stoudemire scores 34 in New York win over Minnesota

Final: 121–114. Amar'e Stoudemire added 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-4-7+6+7NYK AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN36321828114
NYK32293129121
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 39, 17, 20, 24, 37, 35, 34, 31, 34NYK34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 7, 21, 15, 20, 27, 14, 21, 21NYK21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 0, 24, 32, 21, 12, 25, 28, 33MIN33 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 33, 25, 15, 11, 28, 16, 28, 25MIN25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ LAC

Clippers get past Sacramento

98–91, with Clippers ahead 50–44 at halftime. Eric Gordon led Clippers with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over ORL6NYK over MIN7LAC over SAC7CHI over OKC9UTA over MEM9MIA over MIL10IND over TOR24Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.9Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 24.9 in 21 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

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: 26, 39, 17, 20, 24, 37, 35, 34, 31, 34NYK vs MIN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 0, 24, 32, 21, 12, 25, 28, 33MIN @ NYK · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 4 games: 5, 12, 25, 29CHI vs OKC · W
17.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 27, 28, 32, 21, 21, 24, 24, 29LAC vs SAC · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 24, 28, 32, 25, 18, 26, 28, 29OKC @ CHI · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 12, 26, 29, 26, 22, 24, 12, 27UTA vs MEM · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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
Darko MilicicMIN+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.4 29.7 last 10 · 25.3 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.0 24.2 last 10 · 20.2 season
Channing FryePHX+3.1 13.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Paul MillsapUTA−4.4 13.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Jarrett JackNOH−3.9 4.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
O.J. MayoMEM−3.9 8.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Ben GordonDET−3.9 8.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jason TerryDAL−3.3 12.7 last 10 · 16.0 season