FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 6, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DEN by 14 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final
SAS96
CHA76
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +20
Final
TOR91
CLE95
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
ORL80
IND94
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +14
Final
MEM98
BOS96
Q1 MEM -9; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +2
Final
WAS113
NYK102
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +11
Final · OT
POR94
MIL102
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +8
Final
HOU84
MIN90
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +6
Final
PHI94
CHI121
Q1 CHI +23; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +27
Final
ATL98
DEN96
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -14; Q4 ATL +2
Final
NOK105
LAL89
Q1 NOK -4; Q2 NOK +2; Q3 NOK +4; Q4 NOK +16
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 6, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs TOR), 37 points.
The lead · ATL @ DEN

Atlanta rallies from 14 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 14 after three, Atlanta outscored the Nuggets 37–21 the rest of the way. Final: 98–96. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00+4-14+2ATL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2424133798
DEN2420312196
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 27, 16, 33, 36, 31, 33, 34, 27ATL27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Salim StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 14, 8, 0, 10, 11, 9, 21ATL21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24DEN24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 36, 13, 31, 23, 5, 15, 19, 12DEN12 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
24.82005–06 avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 2005–06 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg36.2Today

36 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Chicago by 27.

MEM over BOS2ATL over DEN2CLE over TOR4MIN over HOU6MIL over POR8WAS over NYK11IND over ORL14NOK over LAL16SAS over CHA20CHI over PHI27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
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: 45, 29, 26, 3, 28, 21, 33, 10, 38, 38WAS @ NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 10, 13, 22, 18, 22, 9, 20, 33WAS @ NYK · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 21, 32, 24, 45, 37, 24, 18, 33MIL vs POR · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 19, 22, 7, 23, 17, 28, 10, 31CHI vs PHI · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 17, 11, 13, 21, 14, 9, 18, 30POR @ MIL · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 27, 16, 33, 36, 31, 33, 34, 27ATL @ DEN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Eddy CurryNYK+4.1 21.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+2.8 14.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Jarrett JackPOR+2.1 15.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dwight HowardORL+1.8 19.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
David LeeNYK+1.4 12.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−3.0 11.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Juan DixonPOR−2.3 6.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−1.8 13.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jameer NelsonORL−1.2 12.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−0.9 9.3 last 10 · 10.2 season