FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 4, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed SAC by 3 at halftime and won 92–89.

Final
DAL97
WAS106
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +18; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +9
Final
MEM90
NYK98
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +8
Final
GSW89
SAS129
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +32; Q4 SAS +40
Final
BOS82
CHI100
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +18
Final
MIL88
UTA101
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +13
Final
ORL92
SAC89
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +3
Final
IND87
LAL101
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +14
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 4, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK vs BOS), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ SAC

Orlando takes over late to edge Sacramento

Down 2 after three, Orlando won the fourth 23–18. Final: 92–89. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-3-2+3ORL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2124242392
SAC2127231889
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 16, 23, 11, 21, 24, 18, 16, 18ORL18 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 4, 6, 14, 5, 5, 13, 15, 14ORL14 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 13, 16, 12, 19, 20, 19, 9, 11, 19SAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 1, 6, 0, 12, 10, 7, 4, 20, 16SAC16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Golden State by 40, the widest margin of 7 games.

ORL over SAC3NYK over MEM8WAS over DAL9UTA over MIL13LAL over IND14CHI over BOS18SAS over GSW40Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
16.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 19 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg25.1Last 3

25.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 38

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: 20, 45, 29, 26, 3, 28, 21, 33, 10, 38WAS vs DAL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 32, 31, 4, 21, 23, 26, 24, 30UTA vs MIL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 24, 30, 31, 28, 15, 6, 18, 27DAL @ WAS · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 14, 21, 20, 24, 24, 24, 27, 26NYK vs MEM · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Charlie BellPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 11, 9, 13, 13, 14, 9, 28, 23MIL @ UTA · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 18, 40, 27, 19, 27, 52, 29, 21LAL vs IND · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST