FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 30, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NYK by 1 after the first quarter and won 112–103.

Final
NYK103
ORL112
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final
SAS99
DAL93
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +6
Final
UTA89
POR100
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +11
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 30, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs ATL), 48 points.
The lead · NYK @ ORL

Orlando extends win streak to 5

112–103 over New York. Record: 21–12. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 24 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+18+11+9ORL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK23212732103
ORL22402030112
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 26, 19, 26, 29, 6, 19, 12, 24ORL24 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 11, 2, 10, 8, 9, 11, 16, 20, 9, 17ORL17 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 30, 39, 24, 23, 23, 20, 30, 30NYK30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 27, 18, 17, 13, 21, 15, 21, 29NYK29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio leads Dallas wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 99–93. Best quarter: the first, 29–27. Gary Neal led San Antonio with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DAL6ORL over NYK9POR over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 30

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 30, 39, 24, 23, 23, 20, 30, 30NYK @ ORL · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 17, 21, 13, 22, 25, 14, 6, 30POR vs UTA · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 9, 23, 17, 13, 20, 21, 15, 30DAL vs SAS · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 27, 18, 17, 13, 21, 15, 21, 29NYK @ ORL · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 35, 36, 17, 29, 15, 26, 18, 27POR vs UTA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 26, 19, 26, 29, 6, 19, 12, 24ORL vs NYK · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 18 REB · 3 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
Linas KleizaTOR+4.1 15.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Mike ConleyMEM−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jason RichardsonORL−4.6 13.1 last 10 · 17.7 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