FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 30, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by GSW (vs DAL) and TOR (vs IND).

Final
TOR99
IND97
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -10; Q3 TOR -9; Q4 TOR +2
Final
MIN87
ORL107
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +20
Final
MIA128
WAS113
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +15
Final
PHX110
CHA100
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +10
Final
ATL91
NJN99
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +8
Final
GSW111
DAL109
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +2
Final
NYK108
MIL113
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +5
Final
MEM93
POR90
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +3
Final
BOS112
SAC116
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +4
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 30, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ DET), 31 points.
The lead · TOR @ IND

Toronto climbs out of a 10-point hole against Indiana

Down 10 at the half, the Raptors won the fourth quarter 31–20 and the game 99–97. Charlie Villanueva led Toronto with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-9-10-9+2TOR AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2223233199
IND3124222097
Who led
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 5, 18, 15, 8, 4, 16, 12, 25TOR25 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 27, 22, 19, 17, 18, 37, 15, 22TOR22 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 18, 16, 6, 24, 6, 12, 13, 23IND23 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fred JonesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 5, 8, 8, 5, 15, 6, 14, 20IND20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.02004–05 avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 2004–05 (55 games). Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Minnesota by 20.

TOR over IND2GSW over DAL2MEM over POR3SAC over BOS4MIL over NYK5NJN over ATL8PHX over CHA10MIA over WAS15ORL over MIN20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 47

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 42, 24, 29, 29, 30, 36, 41, 34, 16, 47WAS vs MIA · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high47 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 34, 25, 35, 32, 51, 27, 21, 37NJN vs ATL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 32, 33, 14, 17, 18, 35, 33, 34MIA @ WAS · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 20, 18, 24, 16, 14, 16, 11, 34GSW @ DAL · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 17, 14, 21, 23, 22, 13, 38, 33SAC vs BOS · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 8, 14, 21, 21, 20, 20, 24, 33BOS @ SAC · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 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+5.6 30.4 last 10 · 24.8 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+5.2 25.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Kyle KorverPHI+4.3 16.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Tyronn LueATL+4.2 14.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−4.4 13.7 last 10 · 18.1 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−3.4 5.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.2 6.9 last 10 · 10.1 season