FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 29, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 103–95.

Final
GSW93
ATL103
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +10
Final
CLE92
CHA101
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +9
Final
IND90
WAS104
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +14
Final
BOS92
DET104
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +12
Final
DEN119
MIN113
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +6
Final
LAL103
NOH88
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +15
Final
NJN93
OKC114
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +21
Final
MIA125
HOU119
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +6
Final
PHI123
PHX110
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +13
Final
MEM98
SAC100
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +2
Final
UTA103
LAC95
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +8
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 29, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: David West (NOH @ HOU), 44 points.
The lead · UTA @ LAC

Al Jefferson scores 31, Utah rallies past Clippers

Utah trailed by 8 after one and won 103–95.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-8-6+11+8UTA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA23283022103
LAC3126132595
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 8, 13, 10, 18, 16, 23, 11, 31UTA31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 0, 0, 1, 7, 0, 5, 4, 17UTA17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 20, 24, 29, 22, 24, 28, 24, 30LAC30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 16, 15, 15, 36, 18, 24, 31, 19LAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN

Denver takes care of Minnesota

A 6-point win, 119–113. Chauncey Billups led Denver with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over MEM2DEN over MIN6MIA over HOU6UTA over LAC8CHA over CLE9ATL over GSW10DET over BOS12PHI over PHX13WAS over IND14LAL over NOH15OKC over NJN21Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 45

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: 34, 36, 32, 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40, 45MIA @ HOU · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glenn Robinson MIL, Feb 25, 2001: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 13, 7, 16, 9, 13, 20, 23, 38CHA vs CLE · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 5, 21, 4, 20, 30, 24, 18, 36DEN @ MIN · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 25, 19, 13, 24, 11, 18, 21, 35MEM @ SAC · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 8, 32, 15, 18, 11, 18, 21, 33BOS @ DET · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 17, 33, 17, 20, 24, 28, 30, 33MIN vs DEN · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 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
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.6 30.1 last 10 · 24.5 season
Reggie WilliamsGSW+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ty LawsonDEN+4.1 15.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Beno UdrihSAC+4.1 17.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
JJ RedickORL+4.1 14.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−5.3 12.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Mike ConleyMEM−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Taj GibsonCHI−4.1 4.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.7 9.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.4 18.9 last 10 · 22.3 season