FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 10, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 94–84.

Final
SAS84
ATL94
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +10
Final
DEN83
ORL94
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +11
Final
CHI118
WAS111
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +7
Final
TOR111
CHA103
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +8
Final
PHI107
NJN95
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +12
Final
MEM66
IND80
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +14
Final
LAL82
MIN95
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +13
Final
BOS94
DAL103
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +9
Final
CLE106
MIL111
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
SAC123
SEA104
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +22; Q4 SAC +19
Final
PHX91
LAC101
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +7; 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 10, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs CHA), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 8 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 8 after one, Atlanta outscored the Spurs 79–61 the rest of the way. Final: 94–84. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 22 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-8-6-2+10ATL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2325231384
ATL1527272594
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 15, 17, 13, 34, 23, 9, 19, 22ATL22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 15, 13, 17, 11, 4, 5, 10, 19ATL19 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 13, 10, 30, 20, 20, 14, 16, 20SAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 12, 14, 16, 22, 4, 27, 14, 17SAS17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHI @ WAS

Chicago gets past Washington

118–111, with Chicago ahead 56–47 at halftime. Chris Duhon led Chicago with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CLE5CHI over WAS7TOR over CHA8DAL over BOS9ATL over SAS10LAC over PHX10ORL over DEN11PHI over NJN12MIN over LAL13IND over MEM14SAC over SEA19Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg38.7Today

39 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 52

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 19, 38, 28, 34, 30, 30, 32, 52CLE @ MIL · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high52 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 45, 40, 38, 40, 34, 37, 23, 43, 42PHI @ NJN · W
34.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 36, 19, 39, 11, 28, 34, 37, 17, 42WAS vs CHI · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 46, 25, 30, 20, 29, 33, 11, 23, 35LAL @ MIN · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 18, 12, 23, 16, 9, 19, 21, 31SAC @ SEA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 21, 26, 15, 23, 29, 27, 22, 30TOR @ CHA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 5 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 BibbySAC+3.4 22.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Bonzi WellsSAC+3.3 19.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Brevin KnightCHA+2.7 14.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Mike DunleavyGSW+2.2 11.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+2.2 36.6 last 10 · 34.4 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerMIA−3.5 9.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−2.9 14.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Chris WebberPHI−2.6 16.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Mike JamesTOR−2.6 12.9 last 10 · 15.5 season