FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 18, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by MIA (vs WAS) and CLE (vs NYK) and UTA (vs MIL).

Final
PHI97
ORL89
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +8
Final
MIA95
WAS94
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +1
Final · OT
NYK102
CLE109
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +7
Final
LAC100
CHI99
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +1
Final
UTA95
MIL86
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +9
Final · OT
MEM106
SAS112
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +6
Final
MIN113
DEN115
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +2
Final
GSW95
POR96
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +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 18, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ GSW), 45 points.
The lead · MIA @ WAS

LeBron James scores 32 as Miami wins in Washington

Final: 95–94. LeBron James made 9 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-1-2+1MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1927262395
WAS2522272094
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 22, 17, 33, 25, 25, 20, 21, 32, 32MIA32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 16, 14, 16, 14, 23, 16, 26, 20MIA20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 9, 20, 30, 3, 17, 21, 22, 30WAS30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 10, 26, 17, 19, 24, 16, 20WAS20 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
29.42009–10 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.4 in 2009–10 (73 games). Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 9.

MIA over WAS1LAC over CHI1POR over GSW1DEN over MIN2SAS over MEM6CLE over NYK7PHI over ORL8UTA over MIL9Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 43

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 LovePoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 33, 22, 27, 23, 13, 23, 19, 43MIN @ DEN · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Apr 3, 2022: 44 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Career high43 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 20, 19, 19, 17, 14, 16, 24, 37SAS vs MEM · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 30, 11, 29, 29, 21, 17, 6, 34CHI vs LAC · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 22, 17, 33, 25, 25, 20, 21, 32, 32MIA @ WAS · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 9, 20, 30, 3, 17, 21, 22, 30WAS vs MIA · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 21, 13, 16, 19, 27, 20, 24, 29LAC @ CHI · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 4 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+5.5 32.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Kevin LoveMIN+4.5 25.6 last 10 · 21.1 season
JJ RedickORL+4.4 13.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.4 18.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.1 27.7 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cold
Carl LandrySAC−3.5 8.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
JJ HicksonCLE−3.4 6.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.3 3.0 last 10 · 6.3 season
Derrick RoseCHI−3.1 21.2 last 10 · 24.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA−3.1 14.2 last 10 · 17.3 season