FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 30, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIA by 7 after the first quarter and won 87–85.

Final
DET87
MIA85
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +2
Final
UTA102
LAL132
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +30
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 30, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ BOS), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ MIA

Detroit holds off Miami, 87–85

Detroit led 66–64 after three and held on to win by two. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+2+2DET AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1824242187
MIA2520192185
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 23, 27, 30, 16, 15, 26, 18, 24DET24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 31, 11, 16, 20, 15, 25, 15, 21, 21, 12DET12 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 20, 37, 29, 18, 33, 35, 33, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 13, 21, 8, 5, 19, 13, 18, 20MIA20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ LAL

Lakers never trails at a break against Utah

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 132–102. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 52 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs UTA
Kobe Bryant · LALCarlos Boozer · UTAPTS5226REB47AST35Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.1Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.1 in 12 earlier games. Today: 52 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 9 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 52

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 21, 31, 18, 40, 27, 19, 27, 52LAL vs UTA · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high52 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 22, 35, 32, 31, 4, 21, 23, 26UTA @ LAL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 23, 27, 30, 16, 15, 26, 18, 24DET @ MIA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 20, 37, 29, 18, 33, 35, 33, 21MIA vs DET · L
27.6 PPG season to date · −7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 13, 21, 8, 5, 19, 13, 18, 20MIA vs DET · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Maurice EvansPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 9, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7, 8, 17LAL vs UTA · W
6.5 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST