FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 14, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 97–91.

Final
TOR91
CHA97
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +6
Final
PHI82
NJN77
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +5
Final
LAL103
WAS89
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +14
Final
ATL80
DET103
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +23
Final
SAC105
HOU118
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +13
Final
ORL94
DEN111
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +17
Final
MIN99
GSW108
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +9
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 14, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (UTA vs MIN), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ CHA

Charlotte fights back from 9 down against Toronto

Final: 97–91, after trailing by 9 after one. Nazr Mohammed led Charlotte with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-60+6CHA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2924191991
CHA2027252597
Who led
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 3, 8, 14, 2, 2, 13, 14, 18CHA18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 19, 18, 12, 8, 20, 26, 9, 16CHA16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 16, 7, 23, 5, 10, 3, 31, 17TOR17 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 20, 14, 12, 7, 19, 6, 16, 14TOR14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIN @ GSW

Golden State turns it around against Minnesota

From 8 down after one to a 9-point win: 108–99. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 34 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs MIN
Monta Ellis · GSWDarko Milicic · MINPTS3425REB411AST60Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, today vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
9.42009–10 avg17Today

17 points today in 26 minutes, against 9.4 a game in 2009–10 (82 games).

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 39, 22, 2, 14, 26, 13, 22, 31, 35DEN vs ORL · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 12, 38, 29, 18, 19, 20, 16, 34GSW vs MIN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 15, 8, 10, 11, 10, 14, 7, 29ORL @ DEN · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Reggie WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 4, 8, 11, 0, 31, 13, 19, 26GSW vs MIN · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 13, 9, 11, 19, 34, 15, 21, 26ATL @ DET · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Darko MilicicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 9, 12, 4, 14, 10, 11, 4, 25MIN @ GSW · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 11 REB · 0 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+5.3 31.5 last 10 · 26.2 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+5.0 20.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
JJ RedickORL+4.6 13.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
George HillSAS+4.2 16.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.1 17.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.9 2.7 last 10 · 6.6 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.9 15.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
Ben GordonDET−3.8 7.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
JJ HicksonCLE−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season