FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 25, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed BOS by 10 at halftime and won 86–78.

Final
CHI95
NYK103
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +8
Final
BOS78
ORL86
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL +8
Final
MIA96
LAL80
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +16
Final
DEN106
OKC114
Q1 OKC -8; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +8
Final
POR102
GSW109
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +7
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 25, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR vs DEN), 41 points.
The lead · BOS @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of a 10-point hole against Boston

Down 10 at the half, the Magic won the fourth quarter 29–15 and the game 86–78. Brandon Bass led Orlando with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-10-6+8ORL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2026171578
ORL1917212986
Who led
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 18, 13, 10, 18, 13, 6, 17, 21ORL21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 15, 11, 2, 10, 8, 9, 11, 16ORL16 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 17, 14, 13, 20, 17, 9, 12, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 17, 10, 8, 32, 15, 18, 11, 18BOS18 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.6Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.1minutes, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
33.42009–10 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 2009–10 (54 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · DEN @ OKC

OKC climbs back to beat Denver

Denver led by 8 after one. OKC won it 114–106. Kevin Durant led OKC with 44 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · OKC vs DEN
Kevin Durant · OKCChauncey Billups · DENPTS4430REB73AST43Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 25, 25, 32, 24, 28, 32, 26, 44OKC vs DEN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Larry Johnson CHH, Nov 22, 1995: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 19, 20, 16, 34, 26, 44, 36, 39GSW vs POR · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 17, 11, 25, 5, 21, 4, 20, 30DEN @ OKC · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 25, 20, 21, 32, 32, 19, 36, 27MIA @ LAL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antoine Walker BOS, Nov 22, 2002: 27 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
27 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 4, 10, 17, 22, 34, 25, 16, 30, 26CHI @ NYK · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 29, 21, 17, 6, 34, 22, 25, 25CHI @ NYK · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 8 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
Reggie WilliamsGSW+4.4 16.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX+4.2 12.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
JJ RedickORL+3.7 13.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jason ThompsonSAC+3.7 11.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Taj GibsonCHI−3.8 4.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.5 10.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−3.4 16.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Brandon RoyPOR−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season