FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 4, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by BOS (vs NYK) and LAL (vs CHA).

Final
BOS102
NYK99
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +3
Final
ATL94
PHX112
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +21; Q3 PHX +37; Q4 PHX +18
Final
IND102
SEA107
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +5
Final
UTA98
POR93
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +5
Final
MIN85
SAC77
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +8
Final
CHA98
LAL99
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +1
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 4, 2004: 13 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (NYK @ CHA), 41 points.
The lead · CHA @ LAL

Lakers take over late to edge Charlotte

Down 4 after three, Lakers won the fourth 30–25. Final: 99–98. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-2-4+1LAL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2424252598
LAL2818233099
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 42, 36, 43, 34, 46, 25, 30, 20, 29LAL29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris MihmPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 12, 13, 12, 6, 6, 10, 4, 21LAL21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Melvin ElyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 14, 1, 2, 14, 10, 5, 10, 20CHA20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brevin KnightPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 10, 9, 17, 7, 7, 18, 19, 17CHA17 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · BOS @ NYK

Boston edges New York by three

New York won the fourth 32–26, but Boston held on, 102–99. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over CHA1BOS over NYK3SEA over IND5UTA over POR5MIN over SAC8PHX over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg31.7Today

32 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 35

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 9, 27, 21, 33, 19, 18, 11, 35NYK vs BOS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 8, 24, 21, 22, 8, 12, 12, 30IND @ SEA · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 42, 36, 43, 34, 46, 25, 30, 20, 29LAL vs CHA · W
32.1 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 26, 24, 33, 27, 16, 32, 43, 28BOS @ NYK · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 29, 13, 16, 24, 8, 8, 9, 28UTA @ POR · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 26, 27, 25, 25, 22, 26, 12, 27BOS @ NYK · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST