FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 31, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CHI by 6 after three quarters and won 107–98.

Final
DET84
CLE97
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +13
Final · OT
PHX107
CHI98
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +9
Final
GSW94
HOU89
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +5
Final
DAL95
NOK90
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +5
Final
PHI102
UTA108
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +6
Final
SAS98
DEN88
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MEM100
SEA96
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +4
Final
BOS111
LAC92
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +19
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 31, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU vs MIL), 42 points.
The lead · PHX @ CHI

Phoenix flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Chicago led 49–45 at the break. Tied 92–92 after regulation, Phoenix won the extra time 15–6. Final: 107–98. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1-4-60+9PHX AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX2817242315107
CHI27222617698
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 21, 16, 29, 12, 21, 28, 24, 28PHX28 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 11, 8, 12, 15, 10, 13, 6, 19PHX19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 4, 7, 14, 8, 9, 14, 10, 25CHI25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 13, 11, 8, 16, 10, 4, 18, 16CHI16 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 27 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Boston by 19.

MEM over SEA4GSW over HOU5DAL over NOK5UTA over PHI6PHX over CHI9SAS over DEN10CLE over DET13BOS over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 19, 39, 35, 18, 38, 53, 36, 28, 37PHI @ UTA · L
34.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32HOU vs GSW · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 52, 39, 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30CLE vs DET · W
30.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 21, 16, 29, 12, 21, 28, 24, 28PHX @ CHI · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 24, 24, 26, 19, 18, 24, 39, 28SEA vs MEM · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 8, 16, 18, 15, 13, 9, 19, 27LAC vs BOS · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 3 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+5.8 30.6 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
Tyronn LueATL+4.2 14.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.9 36.6 last 10 · 32.7 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−4.4 13.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Steven HunterPHI−3.8 2.0 last 10 · 5.8 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.7 6.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.4 5.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ben GordonCHI−3.4 9.8 last 10 · 13.2 season