FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 20, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by CLE (vs UTA) and MIL (vs SAS).

Final
CHA105
CHI92
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +13
Final
UTA85
CLE110
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +25
Final
POR89
DET93
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +4
Final
DAL90
LAL112
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +34; Q4 LAL +22
Final
ATL92
MIA111
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +32; Q4 MIA +19
Final · OT
SAS107
MIL109
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +2
Final
LAC85
NJN99
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +14
Final
SEA83
PHX111
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +28
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 20, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs UTA), 51 points.
The lead · SAS @ MIL

Milwaukee flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

San Antonio led 54–47 at the break. Tied 100–100 after regulation, Milwaukee won the extra time 9–7. Final: 109–107. Mo Williams led Milwaukee with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-7+10+2MIL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS302423237107
MIL242331229109
Who led
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 12, 14, 16, 14, 15, 24, 8, 28MIL28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 21, 24, 23, 31, 24, 24, 19, 20MIL20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 28, 20, 12, 27, 13, 24, 11, 34SAS34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 14, 16, 20, 25, 11, 25, 17, 22SAS22 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Second story · UTA @ CLE

Cleveland routs Utah by 25

Cleveland led by 5 at halftime and won 110–85. LeBron James led Cleveland with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over SAS2DET over POR4CHA over CHI13NJN over LAC14MIA over ATL19LAL over DAL22CLE over UTA25PHX over SEA28Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.3Season avg39.4Last 5

39.4 points a game over his last five games, against 31.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 62 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg36.5Today

37 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 62

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: 29, 33, 11, 23, 35, 43, 27, 41, 24, 62LAL vs DAL · W
32.5 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high62 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 15, 15, 9, 15, 18, 23, 9, 37POR @ DET · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 23, 38, 26, 14, 22, 34, 25, 35NJN vs LAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 28, 20, 12, 27, 13, 24, 11, 34SAS @ MIL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 27, 14, 20, 12, 23, 21, 16, 29PHX vs SEA · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 8 games: 12, 18, 10, 30, 13, 21, 10, 28MIA vs ATL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
Baron DavisGSW+4.0 21.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Brevin KnightCHA+3.9 16.2 last 10 · 12.2 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