FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 6, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed PHI by 8 at halftime and won 96–92.

Final
PHI92
ATL96
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +4
Final
TOR86
NJN88
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +2
Final
SAS91
CHI75
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +16
Final
DET101
DAL85
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +16
Final
ORL102
DEN115
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIA100
UTA80
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +20
Final
BOS106
GSW110
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +4
Final · 2OT
CHA93
LAC99
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC 0; OT2 LAC +6
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 · 2003–04Dec 6, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (ATL @ CLE), 43 points.
The lead · PHI @ ATL

Atlanta climbs back to beat Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 8 at the half. Atlanta won it 96–92. Antoine Walker led Atlanta with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist. Allen Iverson scored 36 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-8-4+4ATL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2727211792
ATL2620252596
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 20, 22, 20, 24, 36, 26, 15, 22ATL22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 19, 8, 15, 27, 13, 16, 17, 21ATL21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 24, 28, 28, 27, 14, 25, 20, 36PHI36 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 15, 11, 26, 11, 8, 12, 10, 14PHI14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 20.

NJN over TOR2ATL over PHI4GSW over BOS4LAC over CHA6DEN over ORL13SAS over CHI16DET over DAL16MIA over UTA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.4Last 3

10.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 36

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 24, 28, 28, 27, 14, 25, 20, 36PHI @ ATL · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 13, 9, 16, 11, 17, 34, 33LAC vs CHA · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 17, 27, 13, 17, 25, 13, 17, 30GSW vs BOS · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 2, 17, 6, 20, 14, 10, 10, 29DEN vs ORL · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 18, 21, 9, 24, 8, 14, 28, 28DEN vs ORL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 11, 23, 23, 32, 21, 53, 30, 27DAL vs DET · L
27.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST