FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 1, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIN by 8 after the first quarter and won 97–70.

Final
MIN70
MIA97
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +27
Final
LAC100
POR94
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +6
Final
UTA98
LAL94
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +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 · 2004–05Jan 1, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK vs NJN), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ MIA

Miami climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 8 after one. Miami won it 97–70. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3+14+27MIA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2321151170
MIA1526322497
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 33, 14, 17, 18, 35, 33, 34, 19MIA19 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 10, 28, 24, 18, 23, 26, 28, 16MIA16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 23, 28, 21, 26, 27, 30, 24, 19MIN19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 0, 0, 14, 2, 2, 7, 4, 13MIN13 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ LAL

Utah makes it four straight

Utah beat Lakers 98–94 and moved to 15–16. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
Wvs POR82–77L@ IND83–93W@ MIL88–80L@ CLE85–110L@ BOS89–101L@ NYK90–98Wvs MEM105–102W@ HOU82–74Wvs PHI108–102W@ LAL98–94UTA: last 10 games through Jan 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Juan Dixon leads the day with 24

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.
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 20, 14, 17, 12, 21, 18, 11, 24POR vs LAC · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 22, 21, 11, 5, 24, 10, 15, 23UTA @ LAL · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 16, 18, 15, 13, 9, 19, 27, 23LAC @ POR · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 26, 22, 10, 4, 13, 3, 24, 22LAC @ POR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 22, 20, 21, 29, 38, 25, 11, 20LAC @ POR · W
24.8 PPG season to date · −5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 33, 14, 17, 18, 35, 33, 34, 19MIA vs MIN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · −7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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
Vince CarterNJN+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.6 24.6 last 10 · 20.0 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
Ben GordonCHI−3.4 9.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
John SalmonsPHI−3.4 4.4 last 10 · 7.8 season