FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 28, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed IND by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–83.

Final
ORL110
CLE95
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +15
Final
BOS95
IND83
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +12
Final
NYK98
MIA106
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MIL77
CHI90
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +13
Final
TOR84
DAL76
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +8
Final
LAL82
SAS97
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +15
Final
POR77
DEN95
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +18
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 28, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ NJN), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ IND

Boston handles Indiana by 12

The Celtics won the fourth quarter 29–16. Final: 95–83. Paul Pierce led Boston with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2-1+12BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1926212995
IND2621201683
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 10, 8, 32, 15, 18, 11, 18, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 23, 16, 26, 18, 17, 22, 9, 17BOS17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RushPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 14, 13, 16, 15, 6, 6, 7, 17IND17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 18, 14, 13, 30, 19, 27, 29, 15IND15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ CLE

Orlando makes it four straight

Orlando beat Cleveland 110–95 and moved to 20–12. Gilbert Arenas led Orlando with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
L@ UTA105–117W@ LAC94–85L@ DEN94–111Lvs PHI89–97L@ ATL81–91Lvs DAL99–105Wvs SAS123–101Wvs BOS86–78W@ NJN104–88W@ CLE110–95ORL: last 10 games through Dec 28, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg25.8Last 3

25.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 40

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 36, 32, 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40MIA vs NYK · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Patrick Ewing NYK, Dec 23, 1995: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 36, 30, 39, 24, 23, 23, 20, 30NYK @ MIA · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 22, 34, 25, 16, 30, 26, 31, 24CHI vs MIL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 15, 19, 17, 22, 14, 15, 10, 24CHI vs MIL · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 16, 24, 37, 19, 11, 16, 20, 23SAS vs LAL · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 11, 19, 10, 2, 14, 5, 9, 22ORL @ CLE · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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+4.9 16.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.6 19.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.5 28.4 last 10 · 23.9 season
JJ RedickORL+4.1 14.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Linas KleizaTOR+4.1 15.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−5.3 12.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Taj GibsonCHI−4.1 4.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.6 10.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.2 10.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brandon RoyPOR−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season