FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 23, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHX by 3 after the first quarter and won 95–83.

Final
SAS101
ORL123
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +22
Final
MIL84
SAC79
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +5
Final
MIA95
PHX83
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +12
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 23, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: JR Smith (DEN vs ATL), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ PHX

LeBron James goes for 36 in Miami win over Phoenix

Miami won 95–83.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+13+12MIA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1926272395
PHX2217202483
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 25, 25, 20, 21, 32, 32, 19, 36MIA36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 14, 23, 16, 26, 20, 19, 23MIA23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 13, 9, 2, 11, 9, 2, 27, 33PHX33 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 29, 7, 13, 11, 12, 21, 8, 12, 3, 14PHX14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.9minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
33.42009–10 avg11.5Last 2

11.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.4 in 2009–10 (54 games). Today: 1 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIL @ SAC

Milwaukee gets past Sacramento

84–79, with Milwaukee ahead 43–39 at halftime. Earl Boykins led Milwaukee with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over SAC5MIA over PHX12ORL over SAS22Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over SAC.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 25, 25, 20, 21, 32, 32, 19, 36MIA @ PHX · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 13, 9, 2, 11, 9, 2, 27, 33PHX vs MIA · L
8.5 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 39, 14, 22, 21, 26, 19, 26, 29ORL vs SAS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 14, 23, 16, 26, 20, 19, 23MIA @ PHX · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 6, 22, 19MIL @ SAC · W
5.2 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 23, 12, 10, 20, 19, 6, 34, 17SAC vs MIL · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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+4.7 19.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.4 30.8 last 10 · 26.4 season
Reggie WilliamsGSW+4.3 15.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX+4.2 12.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.2 27.7 last 10 · 23.5 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−5.0 13.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.5 10.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Taj GibsonCHI−3.4 5.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−3.4 16.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Brandon RoyPOR−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season