FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 26, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed WAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 90–84.

Final
MIL95
CHA96
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA -11; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +1
Final
TOR104
CLE96
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +8
Final
DET79
IND91
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +12
Final
HOU95
ORL104
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +9
Final
NJN90
WAS84
Q1 NJN -13; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +6
Final
OKC104
MIN100
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +4
Final
DEN115
DAL93
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +27; Q3 DEN +29; Q4 DEN +22
Final
MEM82
SAS95
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +13
Final
NOH85
PHX84
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +1
Final
PHI103
POR107
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +4
Final
LAL91
SAC100
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +9
Final
CHI91
GSW99
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +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 · 2010–11Dec 26, 2010: 7 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (CHI @ DET), 31 points.
The lead · NJN @ WAS

New Jersey rallies from 13 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 13 after one, New Jersey outscored the Wizards 77–58 the rest of the way. Final: 90–84. Deron Williams led New Jersey with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-13-8-1+6NJN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN1324292490
WAS2619221784
Who led
Deron WilliamsNJN23 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Kris HumphriesNJN21 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungWAS16 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jordan CrawfordWAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.3points, today vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
11.72010–11 avg27Today

27 points today in 32 minutes, against 11.7 a game in 2010–11 (80 games).

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
26.02010–11 avg15.0Last 2

15.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.0 in 2010–11 (66 games). Today: 5 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
16.12010–11 avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 2010–11 (25 games). Line: 6 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Dallas by 22.

CHA over MIL1NOH over PHX1OKC over MIN4POR over PHI4NJN over WAS6TOR over CLE8GSW over CHI8ORL over HOU9SAC over LAL9IND over DET12SAS over MEM13DEN over DAL22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 33

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 2 games: 30, 33OKC @ MIN · W
31.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 2 games: 28, 29LAL @ SAC · L
28.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 2 games: 14, 28OKC @ MIN · W
21.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Marcus ThorntonSAC vs LAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Ty LawsonDEN @ DAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 2 games: 15, 26GSW vs CHI · W
20.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST