FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 25, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
SAS70
DET85
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +15
Final
LAL92
MIA97
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +5
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 25, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs MIA), 42 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIA

Miami handles Lakers by 5

The Heat won the first quarter 31–26. Final: 97–92. Gary Payton led Miami with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 37 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+50+5MIA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2622222292
MIA3122172797
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 21, 10, 20, 12, 9, 15, 5, 21MIA21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 10, 30, 13, 21, 10, 28, 24, 18MIA18 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 35, 43, 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37LAL37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Brian CookPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 4, 4, 2, 7, 5, 2, 12, 15LAL15 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ DET

Detroit never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 85–70. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs SAS
Chauncey Billups · DETTony Parker · SASPTS2019REB61AST34Top 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
+4.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.1Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 32.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Rebounding up
+3.3rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
11.9Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 39 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 35, 43, 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37LAL @ MIA · L
32.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 21, 10, 20, 12, 9, 15, 5, 21MIA vs LAL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 14, 28, 15, 21, 30, 19, 10, 20DET vs SAS · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 25, 11, 25, 17, 22, 18, 13, 19SAS @ DET · L
19.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 10, 30, 13, 21, 10, 28, 24, 18MIA vs LAL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 27, 13, 24, 11, 34, 13, 27, 18SAS @ DET · L
20.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 11 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
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
Gary PaytonMIA+3.6 13.0 last 10 · 9.4 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