FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 5, 2005Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MIA by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–89.

Final
SAS110
ORL85
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +25
Final
DAL102
CHI94
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MIN91
UTA77
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +14
Final
MIA89
LAC99
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +10
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 5, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Quentin Richardson (PHX @ POR), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ LAC

Elton Brand posts 37 and 12 as Clippers beat Miami

37 points and 12 rebounds in a 99–89 win.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+3+3+10LAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2821261489
LAC2131262199
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 32, 21, 20, 22, 19, 33, 30, 37LAC37 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 14, 26, 15, 10, 13, 26, 9, 18LAC18 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 19, 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32, 29MIA29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 10, 13, 15, 9, 14, 12, 6, 17MIA17 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ UTA

Minnesota makes it three straight

Minnesota beat Utah 91–77 and moved to 10–6. Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
Lvs HOU89–94Wvs WAS109–98Wvs CHA102–89L@ NOK80–84Wvs MIL99–91W@ CLE89–85Lvs LAC84–93W@ LAL113–108W@ SAC85–77W@ UTA91–77MIN: last 10 games through Dec 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg26.1Last 3

26.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
9.72004–05 avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 2004–05 (69 games). Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 37

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.
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 32, 21, 20, 22, 19, 33, 30, 37LAC vs MIA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 31, 23, 27, 29, 18, 14, 30, 35DAL @ CHI · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 19, 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32, 29MIA @ LAC · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 24, 22, 19, 24, 16, 13, 16, 26SAS @ ORL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 6, 19, 18, 7, 28, 20, 13, 26CHI vs DAL · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 15, 8, 30, 16, 10, 34, 18, 26MIN @ UTA · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST