FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 2, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 15 at halftime and won 113–108.

Final
TOR102
ATL101
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +1
Final
MIL105
WAS102
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +3
Final
CHI106
BOS102
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +4
Final
NYK98
DET106
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +8
Final
ORL69
MEM91
Q1 MEM +18; Q2 MEM +23; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +22
Final
PHI86
NOK88
Q1 NOK +5; Q2 NOK +13; Q3 NOK -1; Q4 NOK +2
Final
DEN97
PHX102
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +5
Final
IND98
POR78
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +20
Final
MIA98
SAC87
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +11
Final
CHA100
GSW107
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +7
Final
MIN113
LAL108
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -15; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +5
Final
CLE108
SEA115
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +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 · 2004–05Dec 2, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs HOU), 53 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAL

Wally Szczerbiak drops 34 in 15-point comeback win over Lakers

Lakers led by 15 at the half. Final: 113–108.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-15-8+5MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN24212939113
LAL28322226108
Who led
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 12, 17, 15, 8, 30, 16, 10, 34MIN34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 25, 25, 19, 24, 17, 26, 29, 29MIN29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 13, 18, 6, 23, 8, 27, 12, 24LAL24 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Smush ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 10, 10, 8, 16, 5, 10, 21, 22LAL22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
34.0Season avg39.4Last 5

39.4 points a game over his last five games, against 34.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
21.42004–05 avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 2004–05 (61 games). Today: 1 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Orlando by 22.

TOR over ATL1NOK over PHI2MIL over WAS3CHI over BOS4PHX over DEN5MIN over LAL5GSW over CHA7SEA over CLE7DET over NYK8MIA over SAC11IND over POR20MEM over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 43

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 22, 26, 24, 33, 27, 16, 32, 43BOS vs CHI · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 25, 19, 18, 19, 11, 20, 30, 40DET vs NYK · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 0, 9, 6, 14, 13, 8, 16, 35MIL @ WAS · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 18, 21, 13, 16, 15, 17, 13, 34ATL vs TOR · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 42, 33, 37, 24, 45, 40, 38, 40, 34PHI @ NOK · L
34.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 37, 16, 36, 36, 19, 38, 28, 34CLE @ SEA · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST