FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 12, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 13 at halftime and won 92–78.

Final · OT
MIN89
PHI90
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +1
Final
MIL112
NYK92
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +20
Final
LAL109
DAL106
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +3
Final
NOK91
PHX87
Q1 NOK +8; Q2 NOK +8; Q3 NOK +11; Q4 NOK +4
Final
DET78
UTA92
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -13; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +14
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 12, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MIL), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ UTA

Utah climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 13 at the half. Utah won it 92–78. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-3-13-3+14UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1833151278
UTA1523252992
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 8, 8, 9, 28, 14, 17, 10, 24UTA24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 4, 7, 9, 9, 10, 14, 17, 22UTA22 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 33, 15, 16, 3, 26, 22, 10, 16DET16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 11, 20, 30, 40, 10, 22, 23, 16DET16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIN @ PHI

Philadelphia needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 85–85 after regulation. Philadelphia won the final period 5–4 for a 90–89 win. Chris Webber led Philadelphia with 27 points, 21 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHI vs MIN
Chris Webber · PHIWally Szczerbiak · MINPTS2723REB215AST34Top 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
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 46, 25, 30, 20, 29, 33, 11, 23, 35, 43LAL @ DAL · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 28, 23, 16, 30, 21, 24, 23, 31MIL @ NYK · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 12, 21, 21, 25, 18, 6, 8, 30NYK vs MIL · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 16, 28, 24, 11, 11, 12, 13, 27PHI vs MIN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 18, 14, 30, 35, 31, 35, 24, 27DAL vs LAL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 16, 13, 11, 10, 11, 8, 12, 26NOK @ PHX · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Desmond MasonNOK+3.1 12.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Joel PrzybillaPOR+2.7 9.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
Brevin KnightCHA+2.7 14.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Allen IversonPHI+2.4 36.1 last 10 · 33.7 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerMIA−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mike JamesTOR−2.6 12.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI−2.4 8.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Eddie JonesMEM−2.4 10.5 last 10 · 12.9 season