FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 18, 2005Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed LAL by 11 at halftime and won 76–74.

Final
PHI107
TOR80
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +27
Final · OT
DEN107
ATL110
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +3
Final
GSW90
NJN118
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +27; Q3 NJN +31; Q4 NJN +28
Final
SAS76
NOK89
Q1 NOK +2; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK -2; Q4 NOK +13
Final
MIN95
DAL102
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +7
Final
WAS92
POR97
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +5
Final
HOU76
LAL74
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +2
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 18, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ MIL), 54 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAL

Houston rallies from 11 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 11 at the half, Houston outscored the Lakers 45–32 the rest of the way. Final: 76–74. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-2-11+8+2HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1219341176
LAL1428151774
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 12, 35, 28, 35, 23, 34, 29, 20HOU20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 5, 2, 12, 11, 19, 5, 7, 18HOU18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 33, 11, 23, 35, 43, 27, 41, 24LAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kwame BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 7, 6, 2, 2, 12, 9, 6, 11LAL11 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.02004–05 avg5.5Last 2

5.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.0 in 2004–05 (55 games). Today: 1 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · DEN @ ATL

Atlanta outlasts Denver in overtime

98–98 at the end of regulation. Atlanta took the last extra period 12–9. Final: 110–107. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs DEN
Joe Johnson · ATLCarmelo Anthony · DENPTS3037REB511AST94Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 37

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: 2, 22, 23, 26, 40, 23, 42, 23, 20, 37DEN @ ATL · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 23, 9, 19, 22, 18, 17, 36, 30ATL vs DEN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 39, 11, 28, 34, 37, 17, 42, 24, 29, 29WAS @ POR · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 10, 34, 18, 26, 19, 25, 23, 25, 23, 28MIN @ DAL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 9, 10, 20, 4, 10, 8, 9, 26PHI @ TOR · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 15, 23, 38, 26, 14, 22, 34, 25NJN vs GSW · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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+4.3 23.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Andre MillerDEN+4.1 17.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
LeBron JamesCLE+4.0 35.0 last 10 · 31.0 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 5.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.6 5.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−3.5 15.0 last 10 · 18.5 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−3.1 14.1 last 10 · 17.2 season
John SalmonsPHI−3.0 5.5 last 10 · 8.5 season