FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 26, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DEN by 12 after the first quarter and won 95–89.

Final
PHX103
LAC108
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +5
Final
MIN98
CLE97
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +1
Final · OT
CHI95
DET92
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +3
Final
MEM104
IND90
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +14
Final
ATL86
NOH93
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH -9; Q3 NOH +3; Q4 NOH +7
Final
WAS80
SAS94
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +14
Final
PHI95
DEN89
Q1 PHI -12; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +6
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 26, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SAC), 38 points.
The lead · PHI @ DEN

Philadelphia fights back from 12 down against Denver

Final: 95–89, after trailing by 12 after one. Jrue Holiday led Philadelphia with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-12-3-5+6PHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1330232995
DEN2521251889
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 12, 19, 24, 6, 5, 9, 15, 22PHI22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 6, 2, 12, 6, 5, 12, 6, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 11, 25, 5, 21, 4, 20, 30, 24DEN24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 24, 8, 18, 16, 15, 23, 22, 19, 14DEN14 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
34.22009–10 avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.2 in 2009–10 (58 games). Today: 0 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Memphis by 14.

MIN over CLE1CHI over DET3LAC over PHX5PHI over DEN6NOH over ATL7MEM over IND14SAS over WAS14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Carlos Boozer 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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 17, 22, 34, 25, 16, 30, 26, 31CHI @ DET · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 18, 22, 12, 16, 23, 19, 11, 30MEM @ IND · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 26, 18, 14, 13, 30, 19, 27, 29IND vs MEM · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 19, 27, 20, 24, 29, 22, 24, 28LAC vs PHX · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 16, 19, 17, 33, 17, 20, 24, 28MIN @ CLE · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 3, 13, 5, 0, 5, 4, 2, 25PHX @ LAC · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 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
Nick YoungWAS+5.0 19.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ty LawsonDEN+4.8 16.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Reggie WilliamsGSW+4.4 16.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX+3.7 12.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
JJ RedickORL+3.7 13.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Taj GibsonCHI−4.0 4.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Ramon SessionsCLE−3.5 5.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.0 11.0 last 10 · 14.0 season