FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 25, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed BKN by 2 after the first quarter and won 93–76.

Final
BOS93
BKN76
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +17
Final
NYK94
LAL100
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
OKC97
MIA103
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +6
Final
HOU120
CHI97
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +23
Final
DEN100
LAC112
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +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
On this day · 2011–12Dec 25, 2011: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ DAL), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ BKN

Boston beats Brooklyn, 93–76

Boston led 73–58 after three and won by 17. Rajon Rondo led Boston with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+14+15+17BOS AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2234172093
BKN2418161876
Who led
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 7, 16, 15, 6, 26, 20, 6, 19BOS19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 7, 0, 7, 2, 1, 2, 4, 16BOS16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 22, 9, 9, 18, 16, 16, 14, 15BKN15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 17, 9, 25, 6, 11, 6, 14, 15BKN15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NYK @ LAL

Lakers knock off New York, 100–94

The Knicks came in at 20–7; the Lakers at 13–14. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NYK6MIA over OKC6LAC over DEN12BOS over BKN17HOU over CHI23Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 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: 20, 34, 23, 34, 45, 30, 31, 29, 33, 34NYK @ LAL · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 34, 42, 31, 30, 34, 30, 34, 34LAL vs NYK · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 36, 27, 35, 31, 19, 41, 33, 33OKC @ MIA · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 24, 27, 31, 23, 22, 24, 30, 29MIA vs OKC · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 9, 14, 6, 4, 18, 11, 9, 27CHI vs HOU · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 39, 31, 21, 28, 28, 33, 31, 26HOU @ CHI · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 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
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−3.1 14.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Ronnie BrewerNYK−2.9 2.3 last 10 · 5.2 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−2.8 13.2 last 10 · 16.0 season