FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 16, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DEN by 9 after the first quarter and won 113–112.

Final
WAS89
NJN97
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +8
Final
ATL90
BOS102
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +12
Final
SAS113
DEN112
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +1
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 16, 2009: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MIL), 39 points.
The lead · SAS @ DEN

San Antonio climbs out of a 9-point hole against Denver

Down 9 after one, the Spurs won the second quarter 29–23 and the game 113–112. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-3+1+1SAS AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS28292828113
DEN37232428112
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 8, 22, 11, 8, 12, 8, 13, 28SAS28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 2, 20, 19, 19, 17, 14, 16, 24SAS24 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 2, 14, 26, 13, 22, 31, 35, 31DEN31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 9, 25, 9, 16, 5, 8, 15, 20DEN20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · WAS @ NJN

New Jersey leads Washington wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 97–89. Best quarter: the first, 32–17. Devin Harris led New Jersey with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DEN1NJN over WAS8BOS over ATL12Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 31

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: 39, 22, 2, 14, 26, 13, 22, 31, 35, 31DEN vs SAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 25, 8, 7, 18, 0, 16, 14, 29NJN vs WAS · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 8, 22, 11, 8, 12, 8, 13, 28SAS @ DEN · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 22, 5, 2, 7, 15, 10, 6, 26ATL @ BOS · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 2, 20, 19, 19, 17, 14, 16, 24SAS @ DEN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 13, 9, 20, 30, 3, 17, 21, 22WAS @ NJN · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 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+6.7 33.4 last 10 · 26.7 season
JJ RedickORL+4.6 13.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+4.2 19.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.0 17.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
JR SmithDEN+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−3.8 7.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.6 2.8 last 10 · 6.4 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.5 16.3 last 10 · 19.8 season
Toney DouglasNYK−3.4 6.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−3.3 7.3 last 10 · 10.6 season