FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 6, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SEA by 10 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
DAL84
IND75
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +9
Final · OT
TOR111
WAS119
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +8
Final
NOK73
MEM89
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +16
Final
LAL111
MIL92
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +19
Final
BOS73
HOU91
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +18
Final
ATL116
DEN125
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +9
Final
POR85
PHX130
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +37; Q4 PHX +45
Final
CLE102
SAC97
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +5
Final
NYK104
SEA101
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -9; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +3
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 6, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ ATL), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ SEA

Jamal Crawford scores 31, New York rallies past Seattle

New York trailed by 10 after one and won 104–101.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-9-1+3NYK AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK17243033104
SEA27232229101
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 19, 4, 11, 13, 28, 22, 2, 31NYK31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 20, 12, 21, 12, 21, 21, 25, 18NYK18 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 28, 23, 19, 15, 32, 21, 25, 25SEA25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 17, 2, 13, 14, 5, 14, 7, 23SEA23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Portland by 45, the widest margin of 9 games.

NYK over SEA3CLE over SAC5WAS over TOR8DAL over IND9DEN over ATL9MEM over NOK16HOU over BOS18LAL over MIL19PHX over POR45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 12 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas 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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 17, 36, 19, 39, 11, 28, 34, 37WAS vs TOR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 34, 17, 16, 14, 16, 24, 4, 35ATL @ DEN · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 9 games: 23, 35, 14, 25, 27, 6, 25, 12, 35HOU vs BOS · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 36, 43, 34, 46, 25, 30, 20, 29, 33LAL @ MIL · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 23, 27, 29, 18, 14, 30, 35, 31DAL @ IND · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 19, 4, 11, 13, 28, 22, 2, 31NYK @ SEA · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST