FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 9, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NYK by 7 after the first quarter and won 85–81.

Final
CHA115
PHI119
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +4
Final
NJN109
CLE100
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +9
Final
DEN100
MIA92
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +8
Final
DAL90
MEM83
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +7
Final
LAL93
CHI80
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +13
Final
BOS89
SAS101
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +12
Final
SEA106
UTA90
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +16
Final
NYK81
PHX85
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +4
Final · OT
NOK95
POR98
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +3
Final
DET106
GSW103
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +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 9, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU vs SAS), 33 points.
The lead · NYK @ PHX

Phoenix extends win streak to 9

85–81 over New York. Record: 13–5. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+20+4PHX AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2915201781
PHX2224182185
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 15, 27, 31, 21, 10, 14, 28, 19PHX19 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 11, 13, 9, 11, 8, 21, 19, 17PHX17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 33, 19, 18, 11, 35, 16, 12, 28NYK28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 17, 16, 14, 4, 6, 10, 10, 14NYK14 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Seattle by 16.

POR over NOK3DET over GSW3PHI over CHA4PHX over NYK4DAL over MEM7DEN over MIA8NJN over CLE9SAS over BOS12LAL over CHI13SEA over UTA16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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
13.7Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 43

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 45, 40, 38, 40, 34, 37, 23, 43PHI vs CHA · W
34.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 28, 12, 35, 2, 22, 23, 26, 40DEN @ MIA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 9, 23, 10, 25, 27, 15, 23, 38NJN @ CLE · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32, 29, 31, 37MIA vs DEN · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 10, 29, 25, 17, 33, 22, 17, 36GSW vs DET · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 27, 29, 18, 14, 30, 35, 31, 35DAL @ MEM · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Mike DunleavyGSW+2.2 11.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+2.1 36.1 last 10 · 34.0 season
Andre MillerDEN+1.9 15.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+1.6 13.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Chris BoshTOR+1.5 23.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerMIA−3.5 9.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−2.9 14.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.9 7.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chris WebberPHI−1.6 17.3 last 10 · 18.9 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−1.2 8.1 last 10 · 9.3 season