FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 1, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 1 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final
SAS92
DAL90
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +2
Final · OT
LAL105
UTA101
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
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 · 2004–05Dec 1, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs UTA), 38 points.
The lead · SAS @ DAL

Tony Parker scores 30 as San Antonio wins in Dallas

Final: 92–90. Tony Parker made 13 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+2+1+2SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2223212692
DAL2320222590
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 18, 17, 19, 23, 26, 13, 10, 30SAS30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 2, 8, 11, 8, 6, 12, 12, 15SAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 11, 15, 10, 14, 6, 6, 21, 24DAL24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 12, 12, 29, 10, 5, 26, 37, 18DAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAL @ UTA

Lakers outlast Utah in overtime

92–92 at the end of regulation. Lakers took the last extra period 13–9. Final: 105–101. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs UTA
Kobe Bryant · LALDeron Williams · UTAPTS3020REB77AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.6Season avg23.5Last 3

23.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
12.52004–05 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 2004–05 (61 games). Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 15 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 35 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 18, 42, 36, 43, 34, 46, 25, 30LAL @ UTA · W
33.2 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 18, 17, 19, 23, 26, 13, 10, 30SAS @ DAL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 11, 15, 10, 14, 6, 6, 21, 24DAL vs SAS · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Smush ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 7, 10, 10, 8, 16, 5, 10, 21LAL @ UTA · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 12, 21, 21, 10, 4, 24, 14, 20UTA vs LAL · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 12, 12, 29, 10, 5, 26, 37, 18DAL vs SAS · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST