FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 29, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed CHA by 17 at halftime and won 98–95.

Final
IND100
ATL109
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +9
Final
NOH98
CHA95
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -17; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +3
Final
TOR123
ORL88
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +35
Final
CLE100
BKN103
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +3
Final
WAS77
CHI87
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +10
Final
OKC124
HOU94
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +30
Final
DEN72
MEM81
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +9
Final
PHX107
MIN111
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +4
Final
MIA85
MIL104
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +19
Final
PHI85
POR89
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +4
Final
BOS83
GSW101
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +18
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 29, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs DAL), 30 points.
The lead · NOH @ CHA

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

Charlotte led 57–40 at halftime. New Orleans won the second half 58–38 to take it 98–95. Eric Gordon led New Orleans with 24 points, 0 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-3-170+3NOH AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2218332598
CHA2532162295
Who led
Eric GordonNOH24 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 26, 28, 7, 12, 6, 15, 17, 19NOH19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Michael Kidd-GilchristPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 3, 7, 25, 12, 11, 6, 3, 22CHA22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 17, 16, 19, 4, 23, 14, 6, 19CHA19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Toronto posts the night's biggest win

Toronto beat Orlando by 35, the widest margin of 11 games.

NOH over CHA3BKN over CLE3MIN over PHX4POR over PHI4ATL over IND9MEM over DEN9CHI over WAS10GSW over BOS18MIL over MIA19OKC over HOU30TOR over ORL35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
31.22011–12 avg20.1Last 2

20.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.2 in 2011–12 (53 games). Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg33.4Today

33 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Brook Lopez leads the day with 35

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.
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 18, 16, 16, 14, 15, 21, 26, 35BKN vs CLE · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 4, 14, 12, 6, 11, 6, 12, 33PHX @ MIN · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 17, 13, 3, 10, 16, 3, 10, 33CLE @ BKN · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 11, 25, 26, 11, 24, 13, 21, 29PHI @ POR · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 14, 23, 12, 13, 13, 25, 14, 29IND @ ATL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 14, 13, 22, 27, 30, 21, 16, 28OKC @ HOU · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 8 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
Jared DudleyPHX+6.4 18.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Marco BelinelliCHI+5.6 15.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
JR SmithNYK+5.0 21.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jarrett JackGSW+4.9 17.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Matt BarnesLAC+4.2 15.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−4.4 14.3 last 10 · 18.7 season
Ben GordonCHA−3.6 9.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.4 11.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.4 4.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jeremy PargoCLE−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.7 season