FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 12, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIA by 3 after the first quarter and won 94–72.

Final
NOK76
LAC92
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +16
Final
DEN108
CHA101
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +7
Final · OT
NJN105
WAS93
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +12
Final
HOU94
MIA72
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +22
Final
DAL103
POR96
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +7
Final
TOR92
SAC107
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +15
Final
MEM81
LAL91
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +10
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 · 2005–06Nov 12, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs SAS), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIA

Yao Ming scores 34 as Houston wins in Miami

Final: 94–72. Yao Ming made 11 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+4+22HOU AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2217213494
MIA2517141672
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 7 games: 22, 36, 17, 24, 23, 35, 34HOU34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 7 games: 25, 8, 14, 19, 32, 13, 12HOU12 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 6 games: 25, 17, 20, 31, 34, 24MIA24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 4 games: 7, 21, 13, 15MIA15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ CHA

Denver never trails at a break against Charlotte

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 108–101. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over CHA7DAL over POR7LAL over MEM10NJN over WAS12SAC over TOR15LAC over NOK16HOU over MIA22Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
21.72005–06 avg11.5Last 3

11.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 2005–06 (71 games). Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 7 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 5 games: 15, 28, 37, 31, 36DEN @ CHA · W
29.4 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 7 games: 22, 36, 17, 24, 23, 35, 34HOU @ MIA · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 5 games: 25, 27, 30, 33, 34NJN @ WAS · W
29.8 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 21, 24, 26, 19, 35, 26DAL @ POR · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 6 games: 23, 30, 15, 19, 30, 26SAC vs TOR · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 6 games: 7, 44, 24, 40, 29, 25WAS vs NJN · L
28.2 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST