FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 29, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DEN by 3 at halftime and won 112–105.

Final
MIA101
DET106
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +5
Final
NOK84
SAS111
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +27
Final
SEA112
DEN105
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -3; Q4 SEA +7
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 29, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · SEA @ DEN

Ray Allen scores 39 as Seattle wins in Denver

Final: 112–105. Ray Allen made 13 of 25 shots from the field.

Game flow · SEA 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+2-3-3+7SEA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA27312430112
DEN25362420105
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 30, 24, 24, 26, 19, 18, 24, 39SEA39 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 15, 37, 30, 16, 16, 21, 14, 27SEA27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 42, 23, 20, 37, 29, 25, 28, 45, 32DEN32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 8, 12, 20, 6, 6, 16, 8, 22DEN22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIA @ DET

Detroit leads Miami wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 106–101. Best quarter: the first, 27–26. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over MIA5SEA over DEN7SAS over NOK27Final margin, points. Pink = DET over MIA.
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
24.5Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 24.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 39

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 30, 24, 24, 26, 19, 18, 24, 39SEA @ DEN · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 41, 14, 27, 32, 33, 14, 17, 18, 35, 33MIA @ DET · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 42, 23, 20, 37, 29, 25, 28, 45, 32DEN vs SEA · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 15, 21, 30, 19, 10, 20, 21, 30DET vs MIA · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 15, 37, 30, 16, 16, 21, 14, 27SEA @ DEN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 13, 21, 10, 28, 24, 18, 23, 26MIA @ DET · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+5.6 30.4 last 10 · 24.8 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
Kobe BryantLAL+3.9 36.6 last 10 · 32.7 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−3.7 5.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA−3.2 10.2 last 10 · 13.4 season