FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 13, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 2 after three quarters and won 102–97.

Final · Box score
Wizards104
Heat91
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +13
Final · Box score
Spurs97
Lakers102
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +5
On this day · 2006–07Dec 13, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Bucks), 36 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Lakers

Kobe Bryant scores 30 in Lakers win over San Antonio

Caron Butler goes for 19 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+8-2+5LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1924312397
Lakers18332130102
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28, 20, 25, 28, 30LAL30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 20, 12, 7, 19, 9, 17, 14, 15LAL15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Bruce BowenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 10, 12, 10, 10, 0, 2, 3, 22SAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 8, 6, 8, 17, 4, 3, 5, 17SAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Wizards-Heat

Washington leads Miami wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 104–91. Best quarter: the second, 31–33. DeShawn Stevenson led Washington with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Wizards-Heat
DeShawn Stevenson · WASChris Quinn · MIAPTS2622REB32AST32Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Lakers7
Wizards-Heat3
The night in charts
Spurs-Lakers combined for 199, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-LakersSpurs 97, Lakers 102
199
Wizards-HeatWizards 104, Heat 91
195
LAL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Spurs-LakersSpurs 97, Lakers 102
+5 LAL
Wizards-HeatWizards 104, Heat 91
+13 WAS
Bowen shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BowenSAS · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
BarrySAS · 17 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
55% (6-11)
QuinnMIA · 22 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
54% (7-13)
StevensonWAS · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
53% (8-15)
HaslemMIA · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST
53% (8-15)
Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 97Lakers 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1924312397
Lakers18332130102
The story
Lamar Odom had 15 points as Los Angeles beat San Antonio 102-97

Bruce Bowen led San Antonio with 22 PTS, 4 REB 15 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 7-14 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the first, the Lakers took the second 33-24.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −1+8−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Heat
Wizards 104Heat 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards28312322104
Heat1633212191
The story
DeShawn Stevenson's 26 points carried Washington past Miami, 104-91

For Miami, Udonis Haslem had 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 8-15 FG, 6-12 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 28-16, was where the Wizards built it.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +12+10+12+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.7Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg21.2Last 3

21.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg33.6Today

34 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 30

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28, 20, 25, 28, 30Lakers-Spurs · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 10, 10, 11, 0, 2, 12, 14, 26Wizards-Heat · W
8.0 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Bruce BowenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 10, 12, 10, 10, 0, 2, 3, 22Spurs-Lakers · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris QuinnPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 5, 0, 0, 3, 9, 13, 12, 22Heat-Wizards · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 16, 20, 29, 27, 12, 28, 20, 19Wizards-Heat · W
22.6 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 18, 9, 9, 15, 10, 17, 21, 19Heat-Wizards · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Travis OutlawPOR+4.4 16.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+4.2 24.9 last 10 · 20.7 season
Monta EllisGSW+3.3 19.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+3.3 18.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakSEA+2.8 14.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.5 8.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eddy CurryNYK−2.8 12.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.6 9.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−2.5 14.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−2.4 11.0 last 10 · 13.4 season