FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 7, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 84–79.

Final
CHI102
ORL93
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +9
Final
MIL88
PHI85
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +3
Final
LAL102
TOR91
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +11
Final
NJN97
CHA84
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +13
Final
BOS101
NOK87
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +14
Final
MIA84
SAS98
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +14
Final
ATL83
UTA95
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +12
Final
MIN84
POR74
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -10; Q4 MIN +10
Final
PHX118
GSW110
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NYK79
LAC84
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +5
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 7, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ MIN), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ LAC

Clippers climb out of an 11-point hole against New York

Down 11 at the half, the Clippers won the fourth quarter 29–16 and the game 84–79. Elton Brand led Clippers with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-6-11-8+5LAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2525131679
LAC1920162984
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 21, 20, 22, 19, 33, 30, 37, 24LAC24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 10, 18, 12, 13, 7, 11, 12, 24LAC24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 16, 10, 17, 3, 12, 3, 6, 24NYK24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 21, 33, 19, 18, 11, 35, 16, 12NYK12 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Boston by 14.

MIL over PHI3LAC over NYK5PHX over GSW8CHI over ORL9MIN over POR10LAL over TOR11UTA over ATL12NJN over CHA13BOS over NOK14SAS over MIA14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
10.9Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 31

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32, 29, 31MIA @ SAS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 13, 12, 21, 6, 16, 20, 8, 30UTA vs ATL · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 22, 21, 14, 8, 22, 9, 15, 29NOK vs BOS · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 22, 19, 24, 16, 13, 16, 26, 28SAS vs MIA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 23, 15, 27, 31, 21, 10, 14, 28PHX @ GSW · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 33, 27, 16, 32, 43, 28, 20, 28BOS @ NOK · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST