FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 3, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed GSW by 6 after three quarters and won 111–109.

Final · Box score
Celtics90
Spurs83
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +7
Final · Box score
Heat96
Nuggets114
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +18
Final · Box score
Rockets111
Warriors109
Q1 Rockets 0; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +2
On this day · 2008–09Dec 3, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Sixers), 32 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Warriors

Houston takes over late to edge Golden State

Shane Battier goes for 10 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00+7-6+2HOU AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets28302528111
Warriors28233820109
Who led
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 13, 15, 8, 9, 12, 21, 22, 25HOU25 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 5, 18, 20, 24, 13, 21, 10, 22HOU22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 18, 34, 37, 42, 18, 45, 15, 24GSW24 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 2, 18, 4, 23, 27, 8, 15, 18, 27, 21GSW21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Celtics-Spurs

Boston leads San Antonio wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 90–83. Best quarter: the third, 27–24. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over GSW2BOS over SAS7DEN over MIA18Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over SAS.
Lead changes
Rockets-Warriors12
Heat-Nuggets5
Celtics-Spurs1
The night in charts
Rockets-Warriors combined for 220, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 111, Warriors 109
220
Heat-NuggetsHeat 96, Nuggets 114
210
Celtics-SpursCeltics 90, Spurs 83
173
HOU won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 111, Warriors 109
+2 HOU
Celtics-SpursCeltics 90, Spurs 83
+7 BOS
Heat-NuggetsHeat 96, Nuggets 114
+18 DEN
Blair shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BlairSAS · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 BLK
82% (9-11)
LandryHOU · 22 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 2 STL
80% (8-10)
MorrowGSW · 21 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB
62% (8-13)
RadmanovicGSW · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL
62% (8-13)
KGBOS · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
60% (9-15)
Final · Rockets-Warriors
Rockets 111Warriors 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets28302528111
Warriors28233820109
The story
Carl Landry had 22 points as Houston beat Golden State 111-109

Monta Ellis led Golden State with 24 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 22 PTS, 9 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 8-10 FG

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Rockets took the fourth 28-20.

HOU lead by quarter
200 0+7−6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Spurs
Celtics 90Spurs 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2522271690
Spurs1524242083
The story
Rajon Rondo's 12 points and 12 assists carried Boston past San Antonio, 90-83

For San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 16 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST 12 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL · 6-11 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 25-15, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +10+8+11+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Nuggets
Heat 96Nuggets 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2220262896
Nuggets25333422114
The story
Denver beat Miami 114-96 behind 16 points from JR Smith

Michael Beasley paced Miami: 17 PTS, 7 REB 16 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 5-11 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

A 33-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
300 +3+16+24+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.9Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 23.7 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 25

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 15, 30, 31, 24, 18, 27, 22, 25Heat-Nuggets · L
26.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 13, 15, 8, 9, 12, 21, 22, 25Rockets-Warriors · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 18, 34, 37, 42, 18, 45, 15, 24Warriors-Rockets · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 5, 18, 20, 24, 13, 21, 10, 22Rockets-Warriors · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 37, 30, 27, 22, 50, 32, 25, 22Nuggets-Heat · W
30.2 PPG season to date · −8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 2, 18, 4, 23, 27, 8, 15, 18, 27, 21Warriors-Rockets · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jarrett JackTOR+2.3 11.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Greg OdenPOR+1.8 13.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Rudy FernandezPOR+1.5 10.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Andre MillerPOR+0.7 11.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Steve BlakePOR+0.2 7.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Chris BoshTOR−3.7 20.4 last 10 · 24.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−2.1 15.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jose CalderonTOR−0.3 11.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR−0.2 19.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+0.0 8.5 last 10 · 8.5 season