FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 7, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed TOR by 11 after the first quarter and won 98–97.

Final · Box score
Pistons92
Knicks104
Q1 NYK +17; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
Blazers98
Raptors97
Q1 POR -11; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +1
Final · OT · Box score
Celtics122
Pacers117
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final · Box score
Bucks92
Lakers105
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +13
On this day · 2007–08Dec 7, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (Hornets-Grizzlies), 43 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Raptors

Portland climbs out of an 11-point hole against Toronto

Kevin Garnett goes for 20 rebounds

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-2+3+1POR AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2028302098
Raptors3119252297
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 10, 16, 17, 27, 17, 16, 13, 20POR20 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 12, 8, 14, 10, 15, 15, 2, 19POR19 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 11, 16, 16, 7, 6, 12, 10, 24TOR24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 40, 15, 42, 24, 39, 30, 12, 24, 18, 19TOR19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Celtics-Pacers

Boston needs overtime to survive Indiana

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Boston won the final period 17–12 for a 122–117 win. Ray Allen led Boston with 35 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Celtics-Pacers
Ray Allen · BOSMarquis Daniels · INDPTS3526REB27AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Celtics-Pacers9
Blazers-Raptors6
Pistons-Knicks0
Bucks-Lakers0
Shot of the night

Blake's three with 8.9 seconds left puts the Blazers ahead, 98-97 final

The night in charts
Celtics-Pacers combined for 239, 42 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-PacersCeltics 122, Pacers 117
239
Bucks-LakersBucks 92, Lakers 105
197
Pistons-KnicksPistons 92, Knicks 104
196
Blazers-RaptorsBlazers 98, Raptors 97
195
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-RaptorsBlazers 98, Raptors 97
+1 POR
Celtics-PacersCeltics 122, Pacers 117
+5 BOS
Pistons-KnicksPistons 92, Knicks 104
+12 NYK
Bucks-LakersBucks 92, Lakers 105
+13 LAL
POR erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-RaptorsPOR won · Blazers 98, Raptors 97
11 pts
Celtics-PacersBOS won · Celtics 122, Pacers 117
3 pts
Fisher shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FisherLAL · 19 PTS, 5 STL, 2 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
AfflaloDET · 17 PTS, 2 AST, 2 STL, 1 REB
70% (7-10)
DanielsIND · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
69% (11-16)
Ray AllenBOS · 35 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
62% (13-21)
AlexanderMIL · 15 PTS, 2 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Blazers-Raptors
Blazers 98Raptors 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2028302098
Raptors3119252297
The story
LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points as Portland beat Toronto 98-97

Jose Calderon led Toronto with 15 PTS, 13 AST, 3 REB 20 PTS, 8 REB · 9-18 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the first, the Trail Blazers took the second 28-19.

POR lead by quarter
200 −11−2+3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jermaine O'Neal led the game in fantasy with 52.6 FPTS (24 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Celtics-Pacers
Celtics 122Pacers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Celtics3223232717122
Pacers2235242412117
The story
Paul Pierce's 17 points and 8 assists carried Boston past Indiana, 122-117 in OT

For Indiana, Marquis Daniels had 26 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 17 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB · 4-12 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-22, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +10−2−30+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pistons-Knicks
Pistons 92Knicks 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1231202992
Knicks29361623104
The story
New York beat Detroit 104-92 behind 25 points and 9 assists from Chris Duhon

Arron Afflalo paced Detroit: 17 PTS, 2 AST 25 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB · 8-14 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 29-12 first quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
300 +17+22+18+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tayshaun Prince topped the game at 50.5 FPTS: 23 PTS, 10 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg50.1Today

50 minutes today, against 34.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 35

Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 21, 25, 23, 15, 21, 31, 19, 35Celtics-Pacers · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 14, 7, 20, 21, 16, 14, 4, 26Pacers-Celtics · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 10, 14, 13, 12, 23, 6, 13, 25Knicks-Pistons · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 11, 16, 16, 7, 6, 12, 10, 24Raptors-Blazers · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 4, 20, 15, 10, 10, 15, 12, 23Pistons-Knicks · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 34, 22, 6, 14, 8, 6, 8, 23Knicks-Pistons · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+3.6 11.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Chris DuhonNYK+3.0 15.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Rajon RondoBOS+3.0 13.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
David LeeNYK+3.0 17.3 last 10 · 14.3 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+2.9 14.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Paul PierceBOS−3.4 14.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.3 23.2 last 10 · 26.5 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI−2.9 10.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−2.4 6.2 last 10 · 8.6 season
Michael BeasleyMIA−2.2 11.9 last 10 · 14.1 season