FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 27, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 7 after the first quarter and won 82–74.

Final
CHA93
ATL90
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +3
Final
TOR106
DET113
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +7
Final
MIL98
MIA109
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +11
Final
CLE91
NJN96
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +5
Final
UTA82
HOU74
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +8
Final
IND86
SAS99
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +13
Final
PHI108
DEN106
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +2
Final
SAC110
LAC93
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +17
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 27, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (DET vs NJN), 37 points.
The lead · UTA @ HOU

Houston's skid reaches three

Utah won 82–74; the Rockets fall to 10–16. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 20 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-7-5+1+8UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1917242282
HOU2615181574
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 21, 19, 14, 9, 23, 11, 23, 20UTA20 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Jarron CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 15, 13, 7, 7, 5, 8, 0, 15UTA15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 35, 23, 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21HOU21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 6, 0, 16, 2, 10, 21, 18, 19HOU19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHA @ ATL

Charlotte takes over late to edge Atlanta

Down 5 after three, Charlotte won the fourth 26–18. Final: 93–90. Brevin Knight led Charlotte with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over DEN2CHA over ATL3NJN over CLE5DET over TOR7UTA over HOU8MIA over MIL11SAS over IND13SAC over LAC17Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.8Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 23.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.2Season avg24.9Last 3

24.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 45

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 23, 42, 23, 20, 37, 29, 25, 28, 45DEN vs PHI · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high45 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 17, 17, 14, 21, 23, 22, 13, 38SAC @ LAC · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 30, 25, 27, 22, 19, 17, 18, 37TOR @ DET · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 43, 42, 19, 39, 35, 18, 38, 53, 36PHI @ DEN · W
34.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 41, 14, 27, 32, 33, 14, 17, 18, 35MIA vs MIL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 13, 27, 29, 23, 12, 27, 16, 32PHI @ DEN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 15 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.7 31.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.8 24.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Vince CarterNJN+4.4 28.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Gary PaytonMIA+4.0 13.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Brevin KnightCHA+3.8 16.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.0 13.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Steven HunterPHI−3.7 2.1 last 10 · 5.8 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.6 5.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.6 6.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Gerald WallaceCHA−3.5 10.0 last 10 · 13.5 season