FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 7, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHX by 6 after three quarters and won 106–99.

Final
NJN101
ATL116
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +15
Final
DEN98
CHA100
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +2
Final
CLE97
PHI117
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +20
Final
GSW100
DAL105
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
DET83
HOU97
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +14
Final
PHX99
POR106
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +7
Final
WAS108
LAL115
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +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 7, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Chauncey Billups (DEN @ PHI), 31 points.
The lead · PHX @ POR

Portland tops Phoenix in Portland

Final: 106–99. Wesley Matthews led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+6+4-6+7POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2324282499
POR29221837106
Who led
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 16, 4, 25, 26, 23, 5, 26, 24POR24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 2, 27, 21, 10, 18, 18, 14, 20POR20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 24, 14, 16, 17, 13, 12, 20, 24PHX24 PTS · 3 REB · 15 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 17, 27, 12, 11, 24, 8, 11, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg28.9Today

29 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · GSW @ DAL

Dallas makes it ten straight

Dallas beat Golden State 105–100 and moved to 17–4. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
W@ ATL98–93Wvs DET88–84W@ OKC111–103W@ SAS103–94Wvs MIA106–95Wvs HOU101–91Wvs MIN100–86W@ UTA93–81W@ SAC105–103Wvs GSW105–100DAL: last 10 games through Dec 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Luis Scola leads the day with 35

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.
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 24, 11, 13, 15, 14, 15, 27, 35HOU vs DET · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 20, 13, 12, 13, 9, 11, 19, 34ATL vs NJN · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 20, 20, 31, 41, 29, 27, 22, 32LAL vs WAS · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 18, 19, 20, 21, 13, 9, 20, 30WAS @ LAL · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 15, 14, 11, 13, 5, 6, 20, 26PHI vs CLE · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 15, 21, 10, 16, 15, 12, 15, 26ATL vs NJN · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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+5.5 19.9 last 10 · 14.4 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
Grant HillPHX+3.3 17.7 last 10 · 14.4 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−3.6 8.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
JJ HicksonCLE−3.6 8.0 last 10 · 11.6 season