FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 10, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 88–84.

Final
CHA92
IND100
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +8
Final
DEN123
TOR116
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +7
Final
NYK101
WAS95
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
LAL84
CHI88
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +4
Final
DET99
MIN109
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +10
Final
OKC97
NOH92
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +5
Final
HOU91
MIL97
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +6
Final
ATL92
SAS108
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +16
Final
POR101
PHX94
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +7
Final
ORL105
UTA117
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +12
Final
MIA106
GSW84
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +22
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 10, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ DET), 40 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHI

Chicago climbs back to beat Lakers

Lakers led by 10 after one. Chicago won it 88–84. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-10+4+8+4CHI AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2210262684
CHI1224302288
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 35, 30, 15, 20, 30, 11, 29, 29CHI29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 24, 22, 8, 15, 15, 19, 13, 14CHI14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 31, 41, 29, 27, 22, 32, 24, 23LAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 21, 13, 15, 8, 16, 21, 10, 21LAL21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · OKC @ NOH

OKC beats New Orleans, 97–92

OKC led 74–71 after three and won by 5. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over LAL4OKC over NOH5NYK over WAS6MIL over HOU6DEN over TOR7POR over PHX7IND over CHA8MIN over DET10UTA over ORL12SAS over ATL16MIA over GSW22Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over NOH.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.7Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 36

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: 17, 20, 24, 37, 35, 34, 31, 34, 34, 36NYK @ WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 22, 26, 16, 22, 26, 25, 28, 34MIA @ GSW · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 29, 26, 22, 24, 12, 27, 21, 32UTA vs ORL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 19, 5, 7, 14, 3, 7, 7, 7, 31DEN @ TOR · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 35, 30, 15, 20, 30, 11, 29, 29CHI vs LAL · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 13, 43, 23, 25, 38, 20, 19, 15, 25, 29OKC @ NOH · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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+4.6 24.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Darko MilicicMIN+4.4 13.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.2 17.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.1 30.2 last 10 · 26.1 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+3.8 18.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
JJ HicksonCLE−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−3.5 9.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−3.5 7.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
O.J. MayoMEM−3.4 8.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.3 16.5 last 10 · 19.8 season