FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 23, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed ORL by 12 after the first quarter and won 97–93.

Final
PHI92
BKN95
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +3
Final
MIN91
NYK94
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +3
Final
UTA97
ORL93
Q1 UTA -12; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +4
Final
DAL91
SAS129
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +34; Q4 SAS +38
Final
LAC103
PHX77
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +31; Q4 LAC +26
Final
POR96
SAC108
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +12
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 · UTA @ ORL

Utah climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 12 after one. Utah won it 97–93. Paul Millsap led Utah with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-1-2+4UTA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1828252697
ORL3017262093
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 24, 24, 12, 12, 12, 7, 11, 18UTA18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 14, 19, 3, 11, 7, 8, 15, 17UTA17 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 14, 16, 14, 20, 13, 15, 26, 20ORL20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 12, 8, 12, 13, 14, 8, 16, 16ORL16 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Dallas by 38.

BKN over PHI3NYK over MIN3UTA over ORL4SAC over POR12LAC over PHX26SAS over DAL38Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 33

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, 20, 34, 23, 34, 45, 30, 31, 29, 33NYK vs MIN · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 14, 12, 5, 12, 5, 3, 9, 25SAS vs DAL · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 23, 13, 15, 11, 25, 26, 11, 24PHI @ BKN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 19, 22, 19, 18, 15, 18, 21, 23LAC @ PHX · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 25, 18, 17, 30, 22, 20, 17, 22POR @ SAC · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 6, 16, 23, 28, 16, 21, 17, 22BKN vs PHI · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 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
Jared DudleyPHX+4.2 15.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.1 33.8 last 10 · 29.7 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
Ronnie BrewerNYK−3.1 2.3 last 10 · 5.4 season
Chris BoshMIA−3.0 15.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−2.8 13.2 last 10 · 16.0 season