FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 21, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 89–79.

Final
LAC75
IND97
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +22
Final
NJN96
ORL85
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +11
Final
GSW100
PHI111
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +11
Final
UTA89
BOS101
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +12
Final
SAS109
NYK96
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +13
Final
POR79
MEM89
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +10
Final
NOK69
MIN88
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +25; Q4 MIN +19
Final
TOR94
HOU81
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +13
Final
WAS116
DEN110
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +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 21, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs BOS), 33 points.
The lead · POR @ MEM

Memphis beats Portland, 89–79

Memphis led 66–60 after three and won by 10. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+6+10MEM AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2415211979
MEM1825232389
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 15, 29, 13, 11, 10, 14, 32, 26MEM26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 6, 14, 9, 17, 13, 13, 10, 15MEM15 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 6, 28, 6, 6, 2, 20, 14, 17POR17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 15, 9, 15, 18, 23, 9, 37, 15POR15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Indiana by 22.

WAS over DEN6MEM over POR10NJN over ORL11PHI over GSW11BOS over UTA12SAS over NYK13TOR over HOU13MIN over NOK19IND over LAC22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.8Season avg27.3Last 3

27.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg43.4Today

43 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 37, 23, 43, 42, 19, 39, 35, 18, 38PHI vs GSW · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 37, 17, 42, 24, 29, 29, 30, 36WAS @ DEN · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 38, 26, 14, 22, 34, 25, 35, 32NJN @ ORL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 28, 24, 28, 25, 23, 20, 19, 30BOS vs UTA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 24, 27, 36, 24, 22, 20, 21, 29LAC @ IND · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 26, 40, 23, 42, 23, 20, 37, 29DEN vs WAS · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+5.3 24.2 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+4.9 28.5 last 10 · 23.6 season
Baron DavisGSW+4.0 21.4 last 10 · 17.4 season
Brevin KnightCHA+3.9 16.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Marquis DanielsDAL+3.4 16.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−4.5 13.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.7 5.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.0 6.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Steven HunterPHI−2.9 3.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
John SalmonsPHI−2.6 5.8 last 10 · 8.4 season