FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 9, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ORL by 8 after the first quarter and won 97–83.

Final
BOS102
PHI101
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +1
Final
NJN89
DAL102
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +13
Final
ORL83
POR97
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +14
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 9, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR @ IND), 29 points.
The lead · ORL @ POR

Portland climbs out of an 8-point hole against Orlando

Down 8 after one, the Trail Blazers won the second quarter 31–24 and the game 97–83. Andre Miller led Portland with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Dwight Howard scored 39 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-8-1+5+14POR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2224162183
POR1431223097
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 15, 9, 13, 8, 20, 12, 13, 22POR22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 4, 25, 26, 23, 5, 26, 24, 20POR20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 26, 24, 23, 32, 9, 13, 14, 39ORL39 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 14, 9, 20, 13, 15, 13, 10, 11ORL11 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · BOS @ PHI

Boston holds off Philadelphia, 102–101

Boston led 81–80 after three and held on to win by one. Ray Allen led Boston with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over PHI1DAL over NJN13POR over ORL14Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHI.
Top performances

Dwight Howard 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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 26, 24, 23, 32, 9, 13, 14, 39ORL @ POR · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 25, 13, 36, 28, 13, 5, 24, 24NJN @ DAL · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 17, 12, 9, 14, 13, 28, 23BOS @ PHI · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 15, 9, 13, 8, 20, 12, 13, 22POR vs ORL · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 42, 34, 26, 22, 20, 10, 26, 25, 25, 21DAL vs NJN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 8, 16, 7, 25, 19, 10, 10, 21NJN @ DAL · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 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
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.8 30.5 last 10 · 25.7 season
Darko MilicicMIN+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.6 24.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+4.2 18.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Nick YoungWAS+3.2 15.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Jarrett JackNOH−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
JJ HicksonCLE−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA−3.8 14.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Monta EllisGSW−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season