FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 19, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ORL by 8 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final
TOR92
ORL90
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
GSW98
BOS109
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +11
Final · OT
SAC103
CHA106
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +3
Final · 2OT
DET106
MEM104
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET 0; OT2 DET +2
Final
WAS101
SEA111
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +10
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 19, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Richard Jefferson (NJN @ TOR), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ ORL

Toronto climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 8 after one. Toronto won it 92–90. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2+2+2TOR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1925282092
ORL2719242090
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 29, 27, 22, 30, 25, 27, 22, 19TOR19 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 24, 21, 14, 12, 10, 10, 11, 19TOR19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 10, 19, 9, 16, 15, 10, 16, 20ORL20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 4, 20, 20, 10, 7, 11, 14, 14ORL14 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAC @ CHA

Charlotte needs overtime to survive Sacramento

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Charlotte won the final period 7–4 for a 106–103 win. Primoz Brezec led Charlotte with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · CHA vs SAC
Primoz Brezec · CHAShareef Abdur-Rahim · SACPTS2632REB85AST12Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.72004–05 avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 2004–05 (58 games). Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Pau Gasol leads the day with 32

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.
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 36, 15, 9, 15, 29, 13, 11, 10, 14, 32MEM vs DET · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 25, 8, 17, 23, 19, 14, 25, 32SAC @ CHA · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 28, 34, 37, 17, 42, 24, 29, 29, 30WAS @ SEA · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 23, 18, 26, 17, 12, 15, 37, 30SEA vs WAS · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 17, 29, 25, 14, 28, 15, 21, 30DET @ MEM · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 14, 18, 8, 14, 19, 20, 19, 27GSW @ BOS · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 12 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
Baron DavisGSW+4.0 21.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Chucky AtkinsWAS+3.8 10.5 last 10 · 6.7 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−4.4 13.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.5 5.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.4 6.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
John SalmonsPHI−3.0 5.5 last 10 · 8.5 season
Steven HunterPHI−2.9 3.1 last 10 · 6.0 season