FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 27, 2010Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by MIN (vs NOH) and MEM (vs TOR).

Final
DET100
CHA105
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +5
Final
ORL104
NJN88
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +16
Final
TOR85
MEM96
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +11
Final
ATL95
MIL80
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +15
Final
NOH98
MIN113
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +15
Final
DAL103
OKC93
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +10
Final
WAS93
HOU100
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +7
Final
POR96
UTA91
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +5
Final
LAC100
SAC99
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +1
Final
PHI95
GSW110
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +15
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 27, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs HOU), 29 points.
The lead · TOR @ MEM

Memphis turns it around against Toronto

From 8 down after one to an 11-point win: 96–85. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-8+4+14+11MEM AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2420192285
MEM1632291996
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 18, 25, 19, 13, 24, 11, 18, 21MEM21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 22, 12, 16, 23, 19, 11, 30, 18MEM18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 26, 11, 9, 4, 18, 26, 19, 22TOR22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 6, 16, 14, 12, 14, 23, 10, 18TOR18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
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
7.8Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 28 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
29.42009–10 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 2009–10 (73 games). Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · NOH @ MIN

Minnesota upsets New Orleans

Minnesota (7–24) beat New Orleans (18–12) 113–98. Michael Beasley led Minnesota with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over SAC1CHA over DET5POR over UTA5HOU over WAS7DAL over OKC10MEM over TOR11ATL over MIL15MIN over NOH15GSW over PHI15ORL over NJN16Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over NOH.
Top performances

Tyreke Evans leads the day with 32

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.
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 8, 5, 22, 22, 14, 15, 4, 32SAC vs LAC · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 28, 16, 15, 15, 36, 18, 24, 31LAC @ SAC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 32, 34, 30, 10, 22, 17, 25, 31UTA vs POR · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 19, 17, 33, 17, 20, 24, 28, 30MIN vs NOH · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Dorell WrightPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 12, 20, 12, 12, 9, 17, 16, 28GSW vs PHI · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 25, 32, 24, 28, 32, 26, 44, 28OKC vs DAL · L
28.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Ty LawsonDEN+4.8 16.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.6 19.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
JJ RedickORL+3.9 13.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Linas KleizaTOR+3.8 15.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Reggie WilliamsGSW+3.7 14.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−6.7 11.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Taj GibsonCHI−4.0 4.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.6 10.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Ramon SessionsCLE−3.5 5.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season