FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 16, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NOK by 14 after three quarters and won 101–88.

Final
NYK111
ATL122
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +11
Final
UTA83
IND93
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +10
Final
GSW108
TOR98
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +10
Final
MIL100
BOS96
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +4
Final · OT
DEN106
NJN115
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +9
Final
CHI82
DET110
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +27; Q4 DET +28
Final
PHX101
NOK88
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -14; Q4 PHX +13
Final
MIA112
PHI105
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +7
Final · OT
ORL103
DAL109
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +6
Final
SEA111
POR99
Q1 SEA +21; Q2 SEA +21; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +12
Final
WAS91
LAL97
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +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 16, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SAC), 31 points.
The lead · PHX @ NOK

Phoenix fights back late to top New Orleans/Oklahoma City

New Orleans/Oklahoma City led 78–64 after three. Phoenix won the fourth 37–10 and the game 101–88. Eddie House led Phoenix with 26 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-6-7-14+13PHX AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX20232137101
NOK2624281088
Who led
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 12, 14, 5, 15, 8, 8, 9, 26PHX26 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 20, 21, 27, 14, 20, 12, 23, 21PHX21 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 25, 2, 16, 21, 18, 19, 13, 25NOK25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 5, 2, 6, 0, 17, 2, 14, 20NOK20 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, today vs 2004–05 avg
Points per game
4.62004–05 avg12Today

12 points today in 21 minutes, against 4.6 a game in 2004–05 (81 games).

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Chicago by 28, the widest margin of 11 games.

MIL over BOS4DAL over ORL6LAL over WAS6MIA over PHI7NJN over DEN9IND over UTA10GSW over TOR10ATL over NYK11SEA over POR12PHX over NOK13DET over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 29, 33, 11, 23, 35, 43, 27, 41LAL vs WAS · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 26, 23, 18, 26, 17, 12, 15, 37SEA @ POR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 34, 23, 9, 19, 22, 18, 17, 36ATL vs NYK · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 40, 34, 37, 23, 43, 42, 19, 39, 35PHI vs MIA · L
34.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 24, 4, 35, 11, 11, 20, 27, 35ATL vs NYK · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 27, 15, 23, 38, 26, 14, 22, 34NJN vs DEN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 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+3.6 21.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Andre MillerDEN+3.4 16.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Marquis DanielsDAL+3.1 16.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Gary PaytonMIA+3.0 11.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Rasheed WallaceDET+2.9 17.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Raef LaFrentzBOS−4.2 5.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−4.1 13.3 last 10 · 17.4 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Steven HunterPHI−2.9 3.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−2.5 16.5 last 10 · 19.0 season