FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 25, 2011Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 8 after three quarters and won 106–104.

Final
BOS104
NYK106
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK +2
Final
MIA105
DAL94
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +32; Q4 MIA +11
Final
CHI88
LAL87
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +1
Final
ORL89
OKC97
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +8
Final
LAC105
GSW86
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +19
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 · 2010–11Dec 25, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs DEN), 44 points.
The lead · BOS @ NYK

Carmelo Anthony scores 37, New York rallies past Boston

New York trailed by 8 after three and won 106–104.

Game flow · NYK 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+11+10-8+2NYK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS23293517104
NYK34281727106
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyNYK37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemireNYK21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoBOS31 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Brandon BassBOS20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAC @ GSW

Clippers beat Golden State, 105–86

Clippers led 75–68 after three and won by 19. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over LAL1NYK over BOS2OKC over ORL8MIA over DAL11LAC over GSW19Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+20.4points, today vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
10.62010–11 avg31Today

31 points today in 41 minutes, against 10.6 a game in 2010–11 (68 games).

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
22.22010–11 avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 2010–11 (72 games). Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−14.7points, today vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
18.72010–11 avg4Today

4 points today in 24 minutes, against 18.7 a game in 2010–11 (77 games).

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesMIA @ DAL · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyNYK vs BOS · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rajon RondoBOS @ NYK · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Kevin DurantOKC vs ORL · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantLAL vs CHI · L
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadeMIA @ DAL · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST