FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 20, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIA by 3 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final
ORL81
ATL91
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +10
Final
UTA101
CLE90
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +11
Final
NOH93
IND94
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +1
Final
CHA75
WAS108
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +25; Q4 WAS +33
Final
DAL98
MIA96
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +2
Final
PHX110
SAS118
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +8
Final
MIL80
POR106
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +24; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +26
Final
HOU121
GSW112
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +9
Final
MIN90
LAC113
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +23
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 20, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ MEM), 41 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIA

Dallas takes over late to edge Miami

Down 3 after three, Dallas won the fourth 33–28. Final: 98–96. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-1-3+2DAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2320223398
MIA2222242896
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 25, 25, 21, 31, 30, 21, 18, 26DAL26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 23, 20, 15, 14, 12, 13, 18, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 28, 34, 36, 32, 28, 26, 20, 22MIA22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 33, 25, 25, 20, 21, 32, 32, 19MIA19 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Washington posts the night's biggest win

Washington beat Charlotte by 33, the widest margin of 9 games.

IND over NOH1DAL over MIA2SAS over PHX8HOU over GSW9ATL over ORL10UTA over CLE11LAC over MIN23POR over MIL26WAS over CHA33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.7Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 2.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 44

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 38, 29, 18, 19, 20, 16, 34, 26, 44GSW vs HOU · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 4, 2021: 44 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
44 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 29, 24, 25, 28, 16, 15, 15, 36LAC vs MIN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 21, 23, 40, 14, 22, 34, 22, 30HOU @ GSW · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 14, 23, 16, 13, 35, 36, 17, 29POR vs MIL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Daniel GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 16, 14, 12, 11, 26, 4, 11, 29CLE vs UTA · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 21, 26, 18, 14, 13, 30, 19, 27IND vs NOH · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Kyle LowryHOU+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.2 27.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.1 18.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+4.0 19.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Manu GinobiliSAS−3.8 15.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.5 10.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.4 13.5 last 10 · 16.9 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.3 3.0 last 10 · 6.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA−3.3 13.9 last 10 · 17.2 season