FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 13, 2005Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by SAS (vs LAC) and GSW (vs SEA).

Final
ATL100
CLE94
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +6
Final
NJN74
WAS94
Q1 WAS +15; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +20
Final
DEN101
CHA85
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +16
Final
SAC93
MIN91
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
MIA100
CHI97
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final · OT
LAC87
SAS95
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +8
Final · OT
GSW110
SEA107
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +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 13, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (MIA vs WAS), 40 points.
The lead · GSW @ SEA

Golden State flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Seattle led 50–48 at the break. Tied 98–98 after regulation, Golden State won the extra time 12–9. Final: 110–107. Derek Fisher led Golden State with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Ray Allen scored 35 for Seattle in the loss.

Game flow · GSW 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.Final0-6-2+40+3GSW AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
GSW2028282212110
SEA262422269107
Who led
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 11, 9, 17, 10, 17, 18, 15, 26GSW26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 13, 7, 17, 25, 21, 28, 14, 21GSW21 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 15, 32, 21, 25, 25, 19, 24, 35SEA35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 13, 8, 24, 18, 2, 12, 12, 17SEA17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Wizards rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Washington beat New Jersey by 20.

SAC over MIN2MIA over CHI3GSW over SEA3ATL over CLE6SAS over LAC8DEN over CHA16WAS over NJN20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.9Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 42

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 35, 2, 22, 23, 26, 40, 23, 42DEN @ CHA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 38, 28, 34, 30, 30, 32, 52, 39CLE vs ATL · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 15, 32, 21, 25, 25, 19, 24, 35SEA vs GSW · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 4 games: 12, 18, 10, 30MIA @ CHI · W
17.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 16, 13, 16, 26, 28, 20, 12, 27SAS vs LAC · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 22 REB · 5 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 20, 16, 7, 9, 0, 26, 22, 26CHI vs MIA · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 5 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
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.5 22.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
LeBron JamesCLE+3.1 33.8 last 10 · 30.7 season
Desmond MasonNOK+3.1 12.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Bonzi WellsSAC+3.0 19.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Joel PrzybillaPOR+2.7 9.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
Cold
Jalen RoseTOR−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mike JamesTOR−2.6 12.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Antoine WalkerMIA−2.6 10.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI−2.4 8.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Eddie JonesMEM−2.4 10.5 last 10 · 12.9 season