FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 3, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 7 after three quarters and won 108–97.

Final
TOR108
ATL97
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +11
Final
HOU123
WAS111
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +12
Final
ORL99
DET108
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +9
Final
GSW94
MEM104
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +10
Final
POR81
DAL95
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +14
Final
LAL80
UTA90
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +10
Final
PHI111
SAC98
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +13
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 3, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA @ MIA), 35 points.
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Atlanta's skid reaches four

Toronto won 108–97; the Hawks fall to 7–22. Mike James led Toronto with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1-7+11TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR23292135108
ATL2528271797
Who led
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 5, 13, 19, 14, 4, 28, 19, 28TOR28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 22, 19, 17, 18, 37, 15, 22, 27TOR27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 35, 14, 12, 22, 19, 25, 26, 18ATL18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 36, 30, 13, 24, 15, 18, 20, 18ATL18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Second story · LAL @ UTA

Utah extends win streak to 5

90–80 over Lakers. Record: 16–16. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
L@ IND83–93W@ MIL88–80L@ CLE85–110L@ BOS89–101L@ NYK90–98Wvs MEM105–102W@ HOU82–74Wvs PHI108–102W@ LAL98–94Wvs LAL90–80UTA: last 10 games through Jan 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 15 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 44

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: 24, 29, 29, 30, 36, 41, 34, 16, 47, 44WAS vs HOU · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38HOU @ WAS · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 30, 19, 10, 20, 21, 30, 14, 37DET vs ORL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 16, 13, 8, 11, 12, 23, 20, 36SAC vs PHI · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 5, 13, 19, 14, 4, 28, 19, 28TOR @ ATL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 22, 19, 17, 18, 37, 15, 22, 27TOR @ ATL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 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
Vince CarterNJN+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.6 24.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Fred JonesIND+4.0 12.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+4.0 28.7 last 10 · 24.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.9 36.6 last 10 · 32.7 season
Cold
Keith Van HornDAL−4.2 5.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−3.2 14.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
John SalmonsPHI−3.1 4.4 last 10 · 7.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−2.9 10.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−2.7 6.8 last 10 · 9.5 season