FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 31, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed TOR by 14 after the first quarter and won 114–105.

Final
NOH83
BOS81
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +2
Final
GSW96
CHA95
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +1
Final
NJN81
CHI90
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +9
Final
WAS86
IND95
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +9
Final
TOR105
HOU114
Q1 HOU -14; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final
ATL94
OKC103
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +9
Final
DET75
PHX92
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +17
Final
PHI98
LAL102
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +4
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 31, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs UTA), 31 points.
The lead · TOR @ HOU

Houston rallies from 14 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 14 after one, Houston outscored the Raptors 94–71 the rest of the way. Final: 114–105. Chase Budinger led Houston with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. DeMar DeRozan scored 37 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-14+7+9+9HOU AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR34212030105
HOU20422230114
Who led
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 6, 2, 9, 6, 7, 4, 11, 22HOU22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 40, 14, 22, 34, 22, 30, 28, 20, 21, 20HOU20 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 14, 12, 14, 23, 10, 18, 16, 37TOR37 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 9, 4, 18, 26, 19, 22, 16, 17TOR17 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 17.

GSW over CHA1NOH over BOS2LAL over PHI4CHI over NJN9IND over WAS9HOU over TOR9OKC over ATL9PHX over DET17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 37

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 14, 12, 14, 23, 10, 18, 16, 37TOR @ HOU · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 24, 28, 32, 26, 44, 28, 27, 33OKC vs ATL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 31, 9, 20, 21, 17, 21, 20, 33LAL vs PHI · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 26, 23, 25, 2, 10, 14, 5, 26ATL @ OKC · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 34, 26, 44, 36, 39, 22, 12, 25GSW @ CHA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 10, 12, 22, 8, 4, 13, 10, 25WAS @ IND · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 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
Linas KleizaTOR+4.8 16.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.5 19.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ty LawsonDEN+4.1 15.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Beno UdrihSAC+4.1 17.9 last 10 · 13.8 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 4.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.0 18.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.4 10.2 last 10 · 13.6 season