FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 18, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHX by 7 at halftime and won 124–119.

Final · Box score
Spurs78
Magic90
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +12
Final · Box score
Suns119
Blazers124
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +5
On this day · 2007–08Dec 18, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Richard Jefferson (Nets-Kings), 36 points.
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The lead · Suns-Blazers

Brandon Roy scores 52 as Portland beats Phoenix

Steve Blake goes for 22 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-7+5+5POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns28382726119
Blazers31283926124
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 22, 12, 15, 30, 33, 38, 29, 52POR52 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 15, 2, 19, 6, 6, 11, 8, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 26, 28, 22, 22, 21, 21, 21, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 13, 8, 14, 5, 25, 14, 9, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Spurs-Magic

Orlando leads San Antonio wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 90–78. Best quarter: the second, 25–16. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Magic-Spurs
Jameer Nelson · ORLTim Duncan · SASPTS2419REB49AST73Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Suns-Blazers16
Spurs-Magic1
The night in charts
Suns-Blazers combined for 243, 75 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-BlazersSuns 119, Blazers 124
243
Spurs-MagicSpurs 78, Magic 90
168
POR won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Suns-BlazersSuns 119, Blazers 124
+5 POR
Spurs-MagicSpurs 78, Magic 90
+12 ORL
Aldridge shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
AldridgePOR · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
ShaqPHX · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
NelsonORL · 24 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB
61% (11-18)
BlakePOR · 22 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL
53% (8-15)
RoyPOR · 52 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 1 BLK
52% (14-27)
Final · Suns-Blazers
Suns 119Blazers 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns28382726119
Blazers31283926124
The story
LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 points as Portland beat Phoenix 124-119

Matt Barnes led Phoenix with 22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 16 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 8-12 FG

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Trail Blazers took the third 39-27.

POR lead by quarter
200 +3−7+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Magic
Spurs 78Magic 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1316232678
Magic1925212590
The story
Jameer Nelson's 24 points carried Orlando past San Antonio, 90-78

For San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 19 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 11-18 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 25-16, was where the Magic built it.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +6+15+13+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+14.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.3Season avg36.4Last 5

36.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 52 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg26.8Today

27 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Roy leads the day with 52

Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 22, 12, 15, 30, 33, 38, 29, 52Blazers-Suns · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +29.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high52 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 8, 15, 15, 21, 16, 17, 32, 24Magic-Spurs · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 26, 28, 22, 22, 21, 21, 21, 23Suns-Blazers · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 15, 2, 19, 6, 6, 11, 8, 22Blazers-Suns · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 13, 8, 14, 5, 25, 14, 9, 22Suns-Blazers · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 21, 20, 32, 19, 17, 20, 16, 19Spurs-Magic · L
20.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Emeka OkaforCHA+4.1 16.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.1 18.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.9 27.3 last 10 · 23.4 season
Zach RandolphLAC+3.6 26.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
JR SmithDEN+3.1 16.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Chris BoshTOR−6.1 17.5 last 10 · 23.6 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.1 8.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Roger Mason Jr.SAS−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Nick YoungWAS−3.6 6.1 last 10 · 9.7 season