FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 14, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 8 after the first quarter and won 100–83.

Final
ATL101
PHI106
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +5
Final
CHI105
TOR94
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +11
Final
IND71
BOS85
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +14
Final
SAC98
DET109
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +11
Final
CHA91
NJN83
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +8
Final
ORL105
NYK90
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +15
Final
PHX96
DAL102
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final
LAL94
MEM79
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +15
Final
MIA100
MIL83
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +17
Final
LAC89
NOK102
Q1 NOK +6; Q2 NOK +9; Q3 NOK +16; Q4 NOK +13
Final
POR77
UTA82
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +5
Final · OT
HOU111
GSW105
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +6
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 14, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (SEA vs LAL), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIL

Miami climbs out of an 8-point hole against Milwaukee

Down 8 after one, the Heat won the second quarter 29–18 and the game 100–83. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+3+8+17MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA18292528100
MIL2618201983
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 27, 32, 29, 31, 37, 41, 14, 27MIA27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 5, 17, 3, 4, 13, 21, 10, 20MIA20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 23, 16, 30, 21, 24, 23, 31, 24MIL24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 24, 10, 6, 16, 12, 24, 9, 17MIL17 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Miami by 17.

PHI over ATL5UTA over POR5DAL over PHX6HOU over GSW6CHA over NJN8CHI over TOR11DET over SAC11NOK over LAC13BOS over IND14ORL over NYK15LAL over MEM15MIA over MIL17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg43.1Today

43 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 39

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: 40, 38, 40, 34, 37, 23, 43, 42, 19, 39PHI vs ATL · W
34.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 20, 30, 40, 10, 22, 23, 16, 36DET vs SAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 15, 30, 25, 29, 12, 21, 9, 30HOU @ GSW · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 14, 30, 35, 31, 35, 24, 27, 29DAL vs PHX · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 28, 24, 11, 11, 12, 13, 27, 29PHI vs ATL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 17, 20, 11, 17, 29, 25, 14, 28DET vs SAC · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 19 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
Marquis DanielsDAL+3.1 16.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Desmond MasonNOK+2.9 12.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brevin KnightCHA+2.9 15.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Peja StojakovicSAC−4.1 13.3 last 10 · 17.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.6 27.6 last 10 · 31.2 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.4 6.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−2.8 6.5 last 10 · 9.3 season
Eddie JonesMEM−2.4 10.2 last 10 · 12.6 season