FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 22, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NOH by 17 at halftime and won 81–75.

Final
CHI75
ATL92
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +24; Q4 ATL +17
Final
DET96
WAS87
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +9
Final
UTA89
MIA105
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +16
Final
MEM96
HOU121
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +25
Final
IND81
NOH75
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -17; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +6
Final
CLE94
MIL82
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +12
Final
CHA88
DEN110
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +22
Final
PHX93
POR96
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +3
Final · OT
LAL118
GSW115
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -13; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 · IND @ NOH

Indiana erases 17-point lead, steals one from New Orleans

New Orleans led 46–29 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 52–29 to take it 81–75. David West led Indiana with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-7-170+6IND AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1118242881
NOH182872275
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 21, 18, 14, 23, 12, 13, 13, 25IND25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 17, 27, 28, 15, 16, 20, 10, 17IND17 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Robin LopezPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 2, 6, 10, 8, 6, 22, 10, 24NOH24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 5, 9, 15, 23, 20, 5, 14, 14NOH14 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.8Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.8 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Memphis by 25, the widest margin of 9 games.

POR over PHX3LAL over GSW3IND over NOH6DET over WAS9CLE over MIL12MIA over UTA16ATL over CHI17DEN over CHA22HOU over MEM25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 37

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 24, 17, 33, 13, 19, 4, 27, 37MIL vs CLE · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 29, 35, 34, 42, 31, 30, 34, 30, 34LAL @ GSW · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 29, 39, 31, 21, 28, 28, 33, 31HOU vs MEM · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 31, 24, 27, 31, 23, 22, 24, 30MIA vs UTA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 12, 20, 12, 13, 16, 28, 9, 29GSW vs LAL · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 21, 18, 14, 23, 12, 13, 13, 25IND @ NOH · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Marco BelinelliCHI+6.7 16.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.3 16.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
David LeeGSW+4.3 24.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.1 33.8 last 10 · 29.7 season
Jarrett JackGSW+3.9 15.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.4 11.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Chris BoshMIA−3.0 15.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Brendan HaywoodCHA−2.6 2.2 last 10 · 4.8 season
Brandon BassBOS−2.5 5.8 last 10 · 8.3 season