FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 31, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed GSW by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–79.

Final · Box score
DEN89
LAL92
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
IND88
DET96
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +8
Final · Box score
ATL84
HOU95
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +11
Final · Box score
PHX97
OKC107
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +10
Final · Box score
NYK114
SAC92
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +22
Final · Box score
UTA89
SAS104
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +15
Final · Box score
PHI107
GSW79
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +28
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 31, 2010: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ HOU), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ GSW

Philadelphia routs Golden State by 28

Philadelphia led by 8 at halftime and won 107–79. Lou Williams led Philadelphia with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+8+18+28PHI AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI19312235107
GSW2517122579
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 4 games: 25, 13, 20, 23PHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 4 games: 10, 15, 9, 18PHI18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 3 games: 4, 21, 21GSW21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
David LeePoints, last 4 games: 21, 22, 13, 19GSW19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.7points, today vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
11.32010–11 avg29Today

29 points today in 32 minutes, against 11.3 a game in 2010–11 (54 games).

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
28.62010–11 avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 2010–11 (80 games). Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · DEN @ LAL

Lakers win a tight one over Denver

92–89. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Andrew Bynum led Lakers with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DEN3DET over IND8OKC over PHX10HOU over ATL11SAS over UTA15NYK over SAC22PHI over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over DEN.
Top performances

Andrew Bynum leads the day with 29

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.
Andrew BynumLAL vs DEN · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 4 games: 4, 25, 21, 27HOU vs ATL · W
19.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 4 games: 37, 13, 27, 23NYK @ SAC · W
25.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 4 games: 25, 13, 20, 23PHI @ GSW · W
20.2 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 4 games: 24, 24, 8, 23SAS vs UTA · W
19.8 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 4 games: 7, 2, 13, 22NYK @ SAC · W
11.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST