FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 17, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NYK by 4 at halftime and won 102–96.

Final
HOU81
LAC89
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +8
Final
DET103
CHA78
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +25
Final
MIA107
CLE115
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +8
Final
IND102
NYK96
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +6
Final
PHX87
MEM91
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +4
Final
BOS86
CHI118
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +32
Final
UTA88
MIL80
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +8
Final
SAC89
SAS90
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +1
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 17, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ LAL), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

Jermaine O'Neal scores 31 as Indiana wins in New York

Final: 102–96. Jermaine O'Neal made 9 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-4-2+6IND AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND21232731102
NYK1929252396
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 27, 22, 25, 25, 20, 14, 27, 31IND31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 4, 11, 12, 15, 14, 2, 2, 23IND23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 35, 16, 12, 28, 7, 13, 21, 25NYK25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 2, 31, 11, 8, 0, 3, 23, 15NYK15 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAC @ SAS

San Antonio wins a tight one over Sacramento

90–89. Neither team led by more than 12 at any break. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over SAC1MEM over PHX4IND over NYK6LAC over HOU8CLE over MIA8UTA over MIL8DET over CHA25CHI over BOS32Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.72004–05 avg11.0Last 2

11.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.7 in 2004–05 (58 games). Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 34, 30, 30, 32, 52, 39, 26, 41CLE vs MIA · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 29, 31, 37, 41, 14, 27, 32, 33MIA @ CLE · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 27, 22, 25, 25, 20, 14, 27, 31IND @ NYK · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 25, 12, 35, 28, 35, 23, 34, 29HOU @ LAC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 20, 20, 14, 16, 20, 25, 11, 25SAS vs SAC · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 14, 9, 4, 16, 9, 8, 11, 25CLE vs MIA · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 13 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
LeBron JamesCLE+4.0 35.0 last 10 · 31.0 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+3.6 21.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Andre MillerDEN+3.4 16.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.1 30.3 last 10 · 27.2 season
Marquis DanielsDAL+3.1 16.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Jalen RoseTOR−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.6 5.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−3.1 14.1 last 10 · 17.2 season
Steven HunterPHI−2.9 3.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−2.5 16.5 last 10 · 19.0 season