FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 23, 2005Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIA by 12 after the first quarter and won 95–88.

Final
PHI108
ATL111
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL -8; Q4 ATL +3
Final
LAL104
ORL88
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +16
Final
LAC97
CHA88
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +9
Final
NJN95
MIA88
Q1 NJN -12; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +7
Final
UTA90
NYK98
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +8
Final
IND89
CLE94
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +5
Final
GSW85
DET97
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +12
Final
CHI77
MEM95
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +18
Final
POR91
MIN83
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +8
Final
NOK94
MIL101
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +7
Final
TOR90
SAS95
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +5
Final
HOU86
DEN108
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +22
Final
WAS112
PHX111
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
DAL101
SEA98
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +3
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 23, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs MEM), 30 points.
The lead · NJN @ MIA

Vince Carter scores 51 as New Jersey beats Miami

New Jersey won 95–88. Vince Carter: 51 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-12-5+9+7NJN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN1224332695
MIA2417192888
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 26, 14, 22, 34, 25, 35, 32, 51NJN51 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 14, 12, 8, 15, 24, 8, 9, 12NJN12 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 12, 18, 10, 30, 13, 21, 10, 28, 24MIA24 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 37, 41, 14, 27, 32, 33, 14, 17MIA17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 51 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Houston by 22.

WAS over PHX1ATL over PHI3DAL over SEA3CLE over IND5SAS over TOR5NJN over MIA7MIL over NOK7NYK over UTA8POR over MIN8LAC over CHA9DET over GSW12LAL over ORL16MEM over CHI18DEN over HOU22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 53

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: 37, 23, 43, 42, 19, 39, 35, 18, 38, 53PHI @ ATL · L
34.3 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high53 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 26, 14, 22, 34, 25, 35, 32, 51NJN @ MIA · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high51 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 34, 37, 17, 42, 24, 29, 29, 30, 36, 41WAS @ PHX · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 27, 36, 24, 22, 20, 21, 29, 38LAC @ CHA · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 24, 23, 31, 24, 24, 19, 20, 36MIL vs NOK · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 24, 27, 29, 31, 19, 18, 37, 34DAL @ SEA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 7 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
Vince CarterNJN+5.7 30.0 last 10 · 24.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.2 28.8 last 10 · 23.6 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.2 23.4 last 10 · 19.2 season
Brevin KnightCHA+3.9 16.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Marquis DanielsDAL+3.4 16.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−4.0 14.1 last 10 · 18.1 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.7 5.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.4 8.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Steven HunterPHI−2.9 3.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.9 6.6 last 10 · 9.5 season