FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 2, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed GSW by 5 after three quarters and won 115–110.

Final
PHI107
NJN112
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +5
Final
MIA98
MEM97
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +1
Final
TOR103
NYK100
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +3
Final
SAC98
SAS100
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +2
Final
WAS94
CHI112
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +18
Final
CLE63
HOU81
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +18
Final
IND101
DEN121
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +20
Final
SEA107
UTA109
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +2
Final
MIL115
GSW110
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +5
Final
LAL97
LAC88
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +9
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 · 2005–06Dec 2, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs CHI), 43 points.
The lead · MIL @ GSW

Milwaukee takes care of Golden State

A 5-point win, 115–110. Charlie Bell led Milwaukee with 28 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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+30-5+5MIL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL27332926115
GSW24363416110
Who led
Charlie BellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 0, 9, 11, 9, 13, 13, 14, 9, 28MIL28 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 57, 30, 25, 21, 21, 32, 24, 45, 37, 24MIL24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 8, 4, 17, 12, 15, 7, 2, 23GSW23 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 36, 20, 22, 36, 8, 21, 24, 19GSW19 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Indiana by 20.

MIA over MEM1SAS over SAC2UTA over SEA2TOR over NYK3NJN over PHI5MIL over GSW5LAL over LAC9CHI over WAS18HOU over CLE18DEN over IND20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 41

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 18, 27, 35, 23, 21, 25, 23, 41NJN vs PHI · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38DEN vs IND · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 21, 28, 23, 29, 46, 31, 45, 37PHI @ NJN · L
32.1 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 34, 29, 23, 18, 21, 21, 18, 33SEA @ UTA · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 26, 20, 24, 35, 27, 2, 13, 30SAC @ SAS · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 31, 18, 40, 27, 19, 27, 52, 29LAL @ LAC · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST