FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 9, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ORL by 8 after the first quarter and won 97–83.

Final · Box score
Celtics102
Sixers101
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +1
Final · Box score
Nets89
Mavs102
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
Magic83
Blazers97
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +14
On this day · 2009–10Dec 9, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (Blazers-Pacers), 29 points.
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The lead · Magic-Blazers

Portland climbs out of an 8-point hole against Orlando

Dwight Howard goes for 39 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-1+5+14POR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2224162183
Blazers1431223097
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 15, 9, 13, 8, 20, 12, 13, 22POR22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 4, 25, 26, 23, 5, 26, 24, 20POR20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 26, 24, 23, 32, 9, 13, 14, 39ORL39 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 14, 9, 20, 13, 15, 13, 10, 11ORL11 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Celtics-Sixers20
Magic-Blazers7
Nets-Mavs1
Shot of the night

KG's jumper with 1.4 seconds left puts the Celtics ahead, 102-101 final

The night in charts
Celtics-Sixers combined for 203, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-SixersCeltics 102, Sixers 101
203
Nets-MavsNets 89, Mavs 102
191
Magic-BlazersMagic 83, Blazers 97
180
BOS won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Celtics-SixersCeltics 102, Sixers 101
+1 BOS
Nets-MavsNets 89, Mavs 102
+13 DAL
Magic-BlazersMagic 83, Blazers 97
+14 POR
POR rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Magic-BlazersPOR won · Magic 83, Blazers 97
8 pts
Celtics-SixersBOS won · Celtics 102, Sixers 101
3 pts
Dirk shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DirkDAL · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
80% (8-10)
MarionDAL · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 4 STL, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
Ray AllenBOS · 23 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
DwightORL · 39 PTS, 15 REB, 3 BLK, 1 STL
65% (13-20)
RondoBOS · 19 PTS, 14 AST, 6 REB, 4 STL
64% (9-14)
Final · Celtics-Sixers
Celtics 102Sixers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics29272521102
Sixers32232521101
The story
Rajon Rondo had 19 points and 14 assists as Boston beat Philadelphia 102-101

Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 14 PTS, 11 AST, 5 REB 19 PTS, 14 AST, 6 REB, 4 STL · 9-14 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the first, the Celtics took the second 27-23.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −3+1+1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Mavs
Nets 89Mavs 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets1921292089
Mavs30252423102
The story
Dallas beat New Jersey 102-89 behind 18 points from Shawn Marion

Kris Humphries paced New Jersey: 16 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 6 REB, 4 STL · 8-10 FG

The swing

A 30-19 first quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +11+15+10+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Brook Lopez topped the game at 39.6 FPTS: 24 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST

Final · Magic-Blazers
Magic 83Blazers 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2224162183
Blazers1431223097
The story
Wesley Matthews' 20 points carried Portland past Orlando, 97-83

Nicolas Batum chipped in 15 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 20 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 6-12 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 30-21, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 −8−1+5+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Celtics-Sixers

Boston holds off Philadelphia, 102–101

Boston led 81–80 after three and held on to win by one. Ray Allen led Boston with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over PHI1DAL over NJN13POR over ORL14Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHI.
Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 39

Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 26, 24, 23, 32, 9, 13, 14, 39Magic-Blazers · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 25, 13, 36, 28, 13, 5, 24, 24Nets-Mavs · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 17, 12, 9, 14, 13, 28, 23Celtics-Sixers · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 15, 9, 13, 8, 20, 12, 13, 22Blazers-Magic · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 42, 34, 26, 22, 20, 10, 26, 25, 25, 21Mavs-Nets · W
24.7 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 8, 16, 7, 25, 19, 10, 10, 21Nets-Mavs · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+4.8 30.5 last 10 · 25.7 season
Darko MilicicMIN+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.6 24.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR+4.2 18.9 last 10 · 14.7 season
Nick YoungWAS+3.2 15.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Jarrett JackNOH−3.9 4.1 last 10 · 8.0 season
JJ HicksonCLE−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA−3.8 14.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Monta EllisGSW−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season