FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 3, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed DET by 2 after the first quarter and won 97–89.

Final
DET89
CHA97
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +8
Final
MIN95
PHI84
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +11
Final
ATL107
POR96
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +11
Final
ORL91
LAC116
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +25
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 3, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ SAS), 37 points.
The lead · DET @ CHA

Charlotte upsets Detroit

Charlotte (4–12) beat Detroit (11–5) 97–89. Emeka Okafor led Charlotte with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-2-1+7+8CHA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2519261989
CHA2320342097
Who led
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 22, 11, 23, 9, 6, 4, 12, 18CHA18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Sean MayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 10, 8, 0, 0, 20, 21, 9, 17CHA17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 15, 21, 14, 19, 13, 8, 6, 19DET19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 15, 25, 15, 21, 21, 12, 31, 17DET17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIN @ PHI

Minnesota leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 95–84. Best quarter: the fourth, 27–19. Ricky Davis led Minnesota with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over DET8MIN over PHI11ATL over POR11LAC over ORL25Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.1Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 32.1 in 13 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg27.7Today

28 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 33

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 22, 25, 27, 16, 33, 36, 31, 33ATL @ POR · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 20, 7, 21, 16, 13, 20, 17, 31LAC vs ORL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 20, 23, 25, 24, 18, 30, 28, 30POR vs ATL · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 21, 28, 23, 29, 46, 31, 45, 37, 26PHI vs MIN · L
31.6 PPG season to date · −6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 4, 11, 21, 23, 14, 10, 7, 21, 22MIN @ PHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 5, 16, 0, 0, 10, 4, 17, 20MIN @ PHI · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST