FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 30, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 102–99.

Final · Box score
ORL100
CHA79
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +21
Final · OT · Box score
CLE91
IND98
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +7
Final · Box score
NJN98
ATL105
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +7
Final · Box score
DET85
BOS96
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +11
Final · Box score
HOU93
MEM113
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +21; Q4 MEM +20
Final · Box score
MIA103
MIN101
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +2
Final · Box score
PHX93
NOH78
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +15
Final · Box score
TOR86
DAL99
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
WAS81
MIL102
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +24; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +21
Final · Box score
PHI99
UTA102
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +3
Final · Box score
CHI114
LAC101
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +13
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 · 2010–11Dec 30, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (NYK @ ORL), 30 points.
The lead · PHI @ UTA

Utah takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 2 after three, Utah won the fourth 31–26. Final: 102–99. Derrick Favors led Utah with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-7+2-2+3UTA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2922222699
UTA22311831102
Who led
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 3 games: 8, 2, 20UTA20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 3 games: 5, 10, 19UTA19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 3 games: 13, 15, 22PHI22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 3 games: 25, 13, 20PHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MIA @ MIN

Miami holds off Minnesota, 103–101

Miami led 82–75 after three and held on to win by two. LeBron James led Miami with 34 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over MIN2UTA over PHI3IND over CLE7ATL over NJN7BOS over DET11DAL over TOR13CHI over LAC13PHX over NOH15MEM over HOU20ORL over CHA21MIL over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
5.22010–11 avg15.3Last 3

15.3 points a game over his last three games, against 5.2 in 2010–11 (69 games). Today: 22 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
34.62010–11 avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.6 in 2010–11 (79 games). Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
19.72010–11 avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 2010–11 (78 games). Line: 20 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 37, 26, 35, 34MIA @ MIN · W
33.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 3 games: 22, 28, 34LAC vs CHI · L
28.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 3 games: 13, 21, 30TOR @ DAL · L
21.3 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 4 games: 22, 13, 19, 29CHI @ LAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 3 games: 22, 31, 25MIN vs MIA · L
26.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 3 games: 15, 1, 24WAS @ MIL · L
13.3 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST