FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 8, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed WAS by 12 after the first quarter and won 111–87.

Final
WAS87
IND111
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +24
Final
HOU106
SAC95
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +11
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 8, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs SEA), 39 points.
The lead · WAS @ IND

Stephen Jackson scores 30 in Indiana rout of Washington

Final: 111–87, a 24-point win.

Game flow · IND 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-1+16+24IND AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3021201687
IND18323724111
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 9, 15, 9, 9, 9, 15, 7, 30IND30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 30, 16, 21, 25, 27, 22, 25, 25IND25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 36, 19, 39, 11, 28, 34, 37, 17WAS17 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 26, 25, 22, 20, 20, 15, 26, 16WAS16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAC

Houston handles Sacramento by 11

The Rockets won the fourth quarter 33–16. Final: 106–95. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs SAC
Tracy McGrady · HOUMike Bibby · SACPTS2824REB44AST46Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 15 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg33.1Today

33 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Jackson leads the day with 30

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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 9, 15, 9, 9, 9, 15, 7, 30IND vs WAS · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 14, 25, 27, 6, 25, 12, 35, 28HOU @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 30, 16, 21, 25, 27, 22, 25, 25IND vs WAS · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 25, 25, 25, 22, 16, 14, 16, 24SAC vs HOU · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 20, 16, 20, 20, 18, 0, 12, 21SAC vs HOU · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 20, 8, 15, 30, 25, 29, 12, 21HOU @ SAC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST