FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 9, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed DEN by 4 after three quarters and won 112–106.

Final
TOR83
LAC102
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +19
Final
MIL97
BKN88
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +9
Final
IND93
OKC104
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +11
Final
DEN106
NYK112
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +6
Final
ORL98
PHX90
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +8
Final
UTA117
LAL110
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +7
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 · DEN @ NYK

Carmelo Anthony scores 34 in New York win over Denver

Final: 112–106. Carmelo Anthony added 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-2+3-4+6NYK AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN25332622106
NYK23381932112
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 37, 29, 35, 29, 20, 34, 23, 34NYK34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 3, 17, 7, 6, 7, 11, 6, 17NYK17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 17, 16, 17, 9, 16, 32, 2, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 9, 12, 20, 19, 13, 16, 9, 21DEN21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ORL @ PHX

Phoenix's skid reaches seven

Orlando won 98–90; the Suns fall to 7–15. JJ Redick led Orlando with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · PHX
Wvs NOH111–108L@ PHI101–104W@ CLE91–78L@ DET77–117L@ TOR97–101L@ NYK99–106L@ MEM98–108Lvs DAL94–97L@ LAC99–117Lvs ORL90–98PHX: last 10 games through Dec 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 18 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 34

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 37, 29, 35, 29, 20, 34, 23, 34NYK vs DEN · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 19, 40, 14, 34, 39, 29, 35, 34LAL vs UTA · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 37, 18, 37, 25, 20, 32, 36, 27OKC vs IND · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 6, 18, 18, 13, 25, 14, 15, 26MIL @ BKN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 5, 16, 13, 12, 13, 22, 20, 24UTA @ LAL · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 29, 12, 16, 23, 18, 14, 17, 24TOR @ LAC · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
Antawn JamisonLAL+4.3 12.3 last 10 · 8.0 season
Brandon KnightDET+4.3 18.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Evan TurnerPHI+3.4 18.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
David LeeGSW+3.0 21.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
David WestIND+2.8 20.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.3 11.9 last 10 · 16.2 season
E'Twaun MooreORL−3.1 6.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dorell WrightPHI−2.5 4.8 last 10 · 7.3 season
Greg MonroeDET−2.3 12.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
JR SmithNYK−2.2 11.4 last 10 · 13.7 season