FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 11, 2005Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 104–101.

Final · OT
WAS101
MIA104
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +3
Final
DET109
LAC101
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +8
Final
HOU100
POR86
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +14
Final
NOK100
SAC110
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +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 11, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ LAC), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIA

Dwyane Wade scores 41 as Miami beats Washington

Miami won 104–101. Dwyane Wade: 41 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3-6+50+3MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
WAS183024236101
MIA212135189104
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32, 29, 31, 37, 41MIA41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 3, 13, 5, 17, 3, 4, 13, 21MIA21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 27, 6, 12, 27, 2, 14, 16, 28WAS28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 6, 20, 9, 4, 3, 0, 26WAS26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NOK @ SAC

New Orleans/Oklahoma City's skid reaches five

Sacramento won 110–100; the Hornets fall to 8–12. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Sacramento with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · NOK
Wvs MIN84–80W@ SEA105–99L@ GSW83–99W@ DEN102–95Wvs PHI88–86L@ DAL88–97L@ MEM73–89Lvs BOS87–101L@ POR95–98L@ SAC100–110NOK: last 10 games through Dec 11, oldest first. Pink = win.
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
26.6Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg46.0Today

46 minutes today, against 27.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

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: 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32, 29, 31, 37, 41MIA vs WAS · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 22, 19, 33, 30, 37, 24, 27, 36LAC vs DET · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 14, 25, 27, 6, 25, 12, 35, 28, 35HOU @ POR · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 27, 6, 12, 27, 2, 14, 16, 28WAS @ MIA · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 6, 20, 9, 4, 3, 0, 26WAS @ MIA · L
5.6 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 16, 21, 17, 20, 11, 17, 29, 25DET @ LAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Bonzi WellsSAC+3.5 19.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Joel PrzybillaPOR+2.7 9.4 last 10 · 6.7 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−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 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