FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 28, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHA by 15 at halftime and won 96–95.

Final
IND90
TOR85
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +5
Final
MIA96
CHA95
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA -15; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +1
Final
WAS83
ATL101
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +18
Final
CLE105
DET89
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +16
Final
OKC98
MEM95
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +3
Final
BOS78
NOH97
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +19
Final
LAC90
SAS115
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +25; Q4 SAS +25
Final
UTA100
DEN117
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +17
Final
PHI103
PHX83
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +20
Final
NYK78
GSW92
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -6; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +14
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 28, 2010: 7 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs NYK), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHA

LeBron James drops 35 in 15-point comeback win over Charlotte

Charlotte led by 15 at the half. Final: 96–95.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-15-1+1MIA AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2025242796
CHA3228102595
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 3 games: 37, 26, 35MIA35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 3 games: 4, 18, 25MIA25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 2 games: 18, 21CHA21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 2 games: 19, 20CHA20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, today vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
8.92010–11 avg21Today

21 points today in 38 minutes, against 8.9 a game in 2010–11 (83 games).

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
29.02010–11 avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 2010–11 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
14.62010–11 avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 2010–11 (47 games). Line: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Clippers by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIA over CHA1OKC over MEM3IND over TOR5GSW over NYK14CLE over DET16DEN over UTA17ATL over WAS18NOH over BOS19PHI over PHX20SAS over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 35

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 JamesPoints, last 3 games: 37, 26, 35MIA @ CHA · W
32.7 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 30, 33, 32OKC @ MEM · W
31.7 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 2 games: 22, 28LAC @ SAS · L
25.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 2 games: 8, 25DEN vs UTA · W
16.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 3 games: 4, 18, 25MIA @ CHA · W
15.7 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 2 games: 14, 25DET vs CLE · L
19.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST