FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 13, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed OKC by 5 at halftime and won 102–89.

Final · Box score
Rockets88
Raptors101
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +13
Final · Box score
Nets107
Hawks130
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +23
Final · Box score
Grizzlies118
Heat90
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +26; Q4 MEM +28
Final · Box score
Cavs102
Thunder89
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +13
Final · Box score
Spurs115
Clippers90
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +25
On this day · 2008–09Dec 13, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavs-Thunder), 46 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Thunder

LeBron James scores 44 as Cleveland beats OKC

Rudy Gay goes for 41 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-5+2+13CLE AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs27222924102
Thunder2925221389
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27, 33, 44CLE44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 25, 11, 15, 13, 20, 7, 14, 22CLE22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28, 32, 29OKC29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 19, 17, 12, 19, 6, 21, 11, 26OKC26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Nets-Hawks6
Cavs-Thunder5
Rockets-Raptors4
Grizzlies-Heat1
Spurs-Clippers1
The night in charts
Nets-Hawks combined for 237, 29 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-HawksNets 107, Hawks 130
237
Grizzlies-HeatGrizzlies 118, Heat 90
208
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 115, Clippers 90
205
Cavs-ThunderCavs 102, Thunder 89
191
Rockets-RaptorsRockets 88, Raptors 101
189
TOR won the closest game by 13
Closest finishes
Rockets-RaptorsRockets 88, Raptors 101
+13 TOR
Cavs-ThunderCavs 102, Thunder 89
+13 CLE
Nets-HawksNets 107, Hawks 130
+23 ATL
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 115, Clippers 90
+25 SAS
Grizzlies-HeatGrizzlies 118, Heat 90
+28 MEM
Landry shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LandryHOU · 25 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
Brook LopezNJN · 19 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
DuncanSAS · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
ThorntonLAC · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
62% (8-13)
Maurice EvansATL · 22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Cavs-Thunder
Cavs 102Thunder 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs27222924102
Thunder2925221389
The story
Mo Williams had 22 points as Cleveland beat Oklahoma City 102-89

Jeff Green led Oklahoma City with 26 PTS, 4 REB 22 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 8-18 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the fourth 24-13, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −2−5+2+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Hawks
Nets 107Hawks 130
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets29213225107
Hawks31313929130
The story
Atlanta beat New Jersey 130-107 behind 21 points and 10 assists from Joe Johnson

Devin Harris paced New Jersey: 23 PTS, 9 AST, 2 REB 21 PTS, 10 AST, 4 STL, 3 REB · 7-12 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 31-21 second quarter did the most damage for the Hawks.

ATL lead by quarter
300 +2+12+19+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Heat
Grizzlies 118Heat 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies37253125118
Heat2524182390
The story
Marc Gasol's 16 points and 15 rebounds carried Memphis past Miami, 118-90

For Miami, Dwyane Wade had 25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST · 7-7 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 31-18, was where the Grizzlies built it.

MEM lead by quarter
300 +12+13+26+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg29.1Today

29 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · Rockets-Raptors

Toronto leads Houston wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 101–88. Best quarter: the first, 32–17. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over HOU13CLE over OKC13ATL over NJN23SAS over LAC25MEM over MIA28Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over HOU.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 44

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 25, 12, 23, 14, 43, 27, 33, 44Cavs-Thunder · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Glenn Robinson MIL, Dec 7, 1996: 44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 16, 14, 15, 20, 18, 21, 16, 41Grizzlies-Heat · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 18, 2002: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28, 32, 29Thunder-Cavs · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 22, 2, 31, 25, 21, 26, 14, 27Raptors-Rockets · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 19, 17, 12, 19, 6, 21, 11, 26Thunder-Cavs · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 13, 21, 10, 22, 23, 14, 20, 25Rockets-Raptors · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Brook LopezNJN+4.3 23.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.2 16.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Monta EllisGSW+3.5 28.2 last 10 · 24.7 season
Jonas JerebkoDET+3.4 11.3 last 10 · 7.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC+3.1 17.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Chris KamanLAC−3.7 15.0 last 10 · 18.7 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.7 17.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Dahntay JonesIND−3.0 11.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.0 18.0 last 10 · 21.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.8 25.0 last 10 · 27.8 season