FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 28, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed LAL by 8 at halftime and won 100–99.

Final
NYK95
ORL105
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +10
Final
ATL102
TOR108
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +6
Final
PHX104
WAS99
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +5
Final
CHI80
CHA93
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +13
Final
SEA95
MIN108
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +13
Final
HOU90
NOK92
Q1 NOK +9; Q2 NOK +4; Q3 NOK -4; Q4 NOK +2
Final
PHI91
POR95
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +4
Final
BOS109
GSW111
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +2
Final · OT
MEM100
LAL99
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +1
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 28, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs TOR), 48 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAL

Memphis rallies from eight down at the half, wins in overtime

Lakers led 54–46 at the break. It was 88–88 after regulation, and Memphis won the extra time 12–11. Final: 100–99. Damon Stoudamire led Memphis with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 45 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-8-10+1MEM AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM2917202212100
LAL351913211199
Who led
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 15, 10, 4, 10, 24, 5, 9, 8, 25MEM25 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 11, 10, 14, 32, 26, 19, 32, 24MEM24 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 43, 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37, 31, 45LAL45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Devean GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 4, 13, 5, 2, 4, 6, 4, 18LAL18 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Charlotte by 13.

MEM over LAL1NOK over HOU2GSW over BOS2POR over PHI4PHX over WAS5TOR over ATL6ORL over NYK10CHA over CHI13MIN over SEA13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 25 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 43, 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37, 31, 45LAL vs MEM · L
32.7 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 23, 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38HOU @ NOK · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 16, 28, 23, 12, 23, 24, 14, 26, 36GSW vs BOS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 23, 25, 23, 28, 21, 26, 27, 30MIN vs SEA · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 3, 12, 3, 6, 24, 11, 15, 23, 7, 29NYK @ ORL · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 18, 23, 9, 37, 15, 21, 22, 28POR vs PHI · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.7 31.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.8 24.7 last 10 · 19.9 season
Vince CarterNJN+4.4 28.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Kyle KorverPHI+4.3 16.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Gary PaytonMIA+4.0 13.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−4.7 13.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Steven HunterPHI−3.8 2.1 last 10 · 5.9 season
Ben GordonCHI−3.8 9.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.6 6.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Gerald WallaceCHA−3.2 10.2 last 10 · 13.4 season