FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 5, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DET by 8 after the first quarter and won 88–85.

Final
POR88
DET85
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +3
Final
DAL92
NJN75
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +17
Final
GSW90
HOU118
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +28
Final
SAC102
PHX127
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +25
Final
ATL87
SEA102
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +15
Final
MIA97
LAC101
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +4
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 5, 2005: 4 games. Top scorer: Elton Brand (LAC vs MIA), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ DET

Zach Randolph scores 31, Portland rallies past Detroit

Portland trailed by 8 after one and won 88–85.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-30+3POR AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1625232488
DET2420202185
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 23, 25, 24, 18, 30, 28, 30, 31POR31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 17, 11, 13, 21, 14, 9, 18POR18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 16, 15, 26, 18, 24, 26, 17, 25DET25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 11, 24, 9, 29, 11, 22, 14, 17DET17 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Second story · MIA @ LAC

Clippers top Miami in Los Angeles

Final: 101–97. Elton Brand led Clippers with 33 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over DET3LAC over MIA4SEA over ATL15DAL over NJN17PHX over SAC25HOU over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 2 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
24.82005–06 avg5.0Last 2

5.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.8 in 2005–06 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg21Today

21 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 34

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: 29, 22, 25, 27, 16, 33, 36, 31, 33, 34ATL @ SEA · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 7, 21, 16, 13, 20, 17, 31, 33LAC vs MIA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 29, 18, 33, 35, 33, 21, 23, 33MIA @ LAC · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 23, 25, 24, 18, 30, 28, 30, 31POR @ DET · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 24, 24, 13, 19, 8, 23, 7, 31HOU vs GSW · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 35, 26, 8, 18, 18, 27, 29SEA vs ATL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST