FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 12, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 106–98.

Final
DEN96
NYK107
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +11
Final
MIA106
TOR98
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +8
Final
NOH69
WAS88
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +19
Final
MIL101
PHI107
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +6
Final
UTA88
POR98
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +10
Final
CHA87
GSW99
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -6; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +12
Final
ORL98
LAL105
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +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 · 2003–04Dec 12, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ BOS), 35 points.
The lead · MIA @ TOR

Miami climbs out of a 9-point hole against Toronto

Down 9 after one, the Heat won the second quarter 36–30 and the game 106–98. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-9-3-3+8MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA18362329106
TOR2730231898
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 25, 22, 15, 26, 23, 17, 26, 20MIA20 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 21, 34, 18, 12, 21, 18, 20, 20MIA20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 24, 15, 19, 9, 8, 16, 3, 25TOR25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 11, 16, 2, 20, 11, 15, 25, 19TOR19 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
35.92003–04 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.9 in 2003–04 (50 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ORL @ LAL

Lakers handle Orlando by 7

The Lakers won the second quarter 32–28. Final: 105–98. Chris Mihm led Lakers with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MIL6LAL over ORL7MIA over TOR8POR over UTA10NYK over DEN11GSW over CHA12WAS over NOH19Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over ORL.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

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: 28, 28, 27, 14, 25, 20, 36, 14, 22, 40PHI vs MIL · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 24, 9, 23, 41, 17, 8, 10, 31NYK vs DEN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Marc JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 17, 18, 17, 14, 13, 16, 17, 28PHI vs MIL · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 29, 8, 23, 15, 28, 16, 21, 28MIL @ PHI · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 20, 36, 27ORL @ LAL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 24, 8, 14, 28, 28, 23, 28, 26DEN @ NYK · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.2 16.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Mike MillerMEM+3.2 15.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dwight HowardORL+3.2 13.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Clifford RobinsonGSW+2.5 10.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Brent BarrySAS−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−2.8 8.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Maurice TaylorHOU−2.7 5.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.7 11.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Antonio DanielsSEA−2.4 10.1 last 10 · 12.5 season