FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 2, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed LAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 104–97.

Final · Box score
CLE70
BOS80
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
IND101
LAC95
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +6
Final · Box score
POR79
SAS100
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +21
Final · Box score
NJN95
DET118
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +23
Final · Box score
PHX115
NYK104
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +11
Final · Box score
MIA89
DEN115
Q1 DEN +20; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +28; Q4 DEN +26
Final · Box score
GSW109
SEA96
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +13
Final · Box score
ORL104
LAL97
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2006–07Dec 2, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs PHI), 41 points.
The lead · ORL @ LAL

Orlando handles Lakers by 7

The Magic won the second quarter 39–25. Final: 104–97. Rashard Lewis led Orlando with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+8+2+7ORL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL24391427104
LAL3025202297
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 19, 12, 12, 19, 20, 9, 18, 18ORL18 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 24, 34, 34, 17, 9, 39, 30, 17ORL17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28LAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 10, 8, 4, 16, 20, 12, 7, 19LAL19 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Denver by 26.

IND over LAC6ORL over LAL7BOS over CLE10PHX over NYK11GSW over SEA13SAS over POR21DET over NJN23DEN over MIA26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 12 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 30

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 26, 24, 31, 17, 25, 23, 24, 30DEN vs MIA · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 10, 18, 24, 24, 15, 15, 6, 29IND @ LAC · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 21, 26, 13, 29, 17, 25, 19, 28PHX @ NYK · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 18, 19, 15, 19, 17, 7, 15, 28PHX @ NYK · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 32, 27, 28, 31, 35, 24, 28, 28LAL vs ORL · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 31, 32, 21, 22, 12, 29, 17, 27SAS vs POR · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST