FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 11, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed DET by 19 at halftime and won 120–116.

Final
MEM84
LAC83
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +1
Final
IND83
ATL97
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +14
Final
BOS93
CHA62
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +31
Final
TOR120
DET116
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -19; Q3 TOR -16; Q4 TOR +4
Final
MIN82
CHI113
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +31
Final
UTA97
DAL103
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +6
Final
CLE95
HOU110
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +15
Final
MIA104
SAC83
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +21
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 11, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs POR), 33 points.
The lead · TOR @ DET

Jerryd Bayless scores 31 as Toronto wins in Detroit

Final: 120–116. Jerryd Bayless made 10 of 12 shots from the field.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-19-16+4TOR AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR28253037120
DET29432717116
Who led
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 16, 7, 23, 5, 10, 3, 31TOR31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 8, 16, 22, 3, 12, 7, 22, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ben WallacePoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 4, 0, 4, 4, 2, 4, 1, 23DET23 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 14, 8, 11, 24, 18, 16, 19, 23DET23 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Charlotte by 31, the widest margin of 8 games.

MEM over LAC1TOR over DET4DAL over UTA6ATL over IND14HOU over CLE15MIA over SAC21BOS over CHA31CHI over MIN31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 40

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 23, 17, 22, 28, 14, 21, 23, 40HOU vs CLE · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Richardson GSW, Apr 16, 2002: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 26, 16, 22, 26, 25, 28, 34, 36MIA @ SAC · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 26, 22, 24, 12, 27, 21, 32, 34UTA @ DAL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 22, 20, 10, 26, 25, 25, 21, 31DAL vs UTA · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 16, 7, 23, 5, 10, 3, 31TOR @ DET · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 30, 18, 38, 22, 17, 33, 25, 25MIA @ SAC · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Nick YoungWAS+4.2 17.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Kevin LoveMIN+4.2 24.7 last 10 · 20.5 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.1 30.2 last 10 · 26.1 season
Darko MilicicMIN+3.9 13.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+3.8 18.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
JJ HicksonCLE−3.7 7.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−3.5 7.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tyreke EvansSAC−3.4 13.0 last 10 · 16.4 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.3 16.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Carl LandrySAC−3.3 8.5 last 10 · 11.8 season