FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 8, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MEM by 6 at halftime and won 93–83.

Final
PHX99
LAC117
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +18
Final
SAS132
CHA102
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +30
Final
GSW101
WAS97
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +4
Final
PHI79
BOS92
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +13
Final
DET104
CLE97
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +7
Final
NOH90
MIA106
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +16
Final
NYK85
CHI93
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DAL116
HOU109
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -5; Q4 DAL +7
Final
ATL93
MEM83
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +10
Final
SAC99
POR80
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +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
The lead · ATL @ MEM

Atlanta makes it three straight

Atlanta beat Memphis 93–83 and moved to 12–5. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-6+13+10ATL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2120322093
MEM2225132383
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 25, 10, 17, 17, 25, 16, 23, 24ATL24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 9, 6, 18, 17, 18, 16, 9, 21ATL21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 14, 19, 17, 17, 20, 14, 13, 18MEM18 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 17, 19, 17, 8, 17, 38, 15, 18MEM18 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg15.8Last 3

15.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DAL @ HOU

Dallas takes care of Houston

A 7-point win, 116–109. O.J. Mayo led Dallas with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over WAS4DET over CLE7DAL over HOU7CHI over NYK8ATL over MEM10BOS over PHI13MIA over NOH16LAC over PHX18SAC over POR19SAS over CHA30Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over HOU.
Top performances

O.J. Mayo leads the day with 40

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.
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 27, 13, 11, 4, 27, 11, 23, 40DAL @ HOU · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Mar 22, 2000: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 28, 33, 24, 17, 18, 15, 29, 39HOU vs DAL · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 26, 19, 10, 20, 17, 4, 21, 30DET @ CLE · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 14, 8, 12, 11, 23, 17, 27, 27NYK @ CHI · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 6, 28, 18, 19, 34, 24, 13, 26MIA vs NOH · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 21, 17, 31, 13, 22, 20, 30, 24GSW @ WAS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 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
Brandon KnightDET+4.3 18.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Antawn JamisonLAL+3.9 12.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Evan TurnerPHI+3.4 18.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
David LeeGSW+3.0 21.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+2.8 17.7 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.3 11.9 last 10 · 16.2 season
Dorell WrightPHI−2.5 4.8 last 10 · 7.3 season
Greg MonroeDET−2.3 12.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Gerald GreenIND−2.0 5.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Carl LandryGSW−2.0 11.2 last 10 · 13.2 season