FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 6, 2012Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHX by 4 at halftime and won 97–94.

Final
NYK112
MIA92
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +20
Final
DAL97
PHX94
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Dallas holds off Phoenix, 97–94

Dallas led 69–62 after three and held on to win by three. O.J. Mayo led Dallas with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4+7+3DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2317292897
PHX2321183294
Who led
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 27, 27, 13, 11, 4, 27, 11, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 14, 7, 19, 2, 12, 5, 8, 16DAL16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 23, 8, 4, 10, 8, 6, 6, 15PHX15 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 20, 10, 19, 10, 13, 9, 19, 15PHX15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NYK @ MIA

New York rolls past Miami, 112–92

The Heat were held to 12 points in the fourth quarter. Raymond Felton led New York with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs MIA
Raymond Felton · NYKLeBron James · MIAPTS2731REB410AST79Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg34.7Today

35 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 31

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 10 games: 38, 30, 27, 21, 28, 30, 23, 21, 26, 31MIA vs NYK · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 17, 14, 8, 12, 11, 23, 17, 27NYK @ MIA · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 27, 27, 13, 11, 4, 27, 11, 23DAL @ PHX · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Steve NovakPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 9, 18, 2, 19, 9, 12, 9, 18NYK @ MIA · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 14, 7, 19, 2, 12, 5, 8, 16DAL @ PHX · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Brandan WrightPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 8, 2, 6, 5, 3, 6, 2, 16DAL @ PHX · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 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
Al JeffersonUTA+2.4 19.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Markieff MorrisPHX+2.3 11.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brandon KnightDET+1.7 14.7 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kyle SinglerDET+0.6 10.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+0.2 13.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Luis ScolaPHX−2.9 9.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Paul MillsapUTA−2.3 12.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−1.8 9.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Shannon BrownPHX−1.4 10.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Goran DragicPHX−1.2 14.2 last 10 · 15.4 season