FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 7, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · 2OT
PHX161
NJN157
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX 0; OT2 PHX +4
Final
DET92
DAL82
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
MIA93
SAC91
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
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 7, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ SAS), 31 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Dwyane Wade scores 32, Miami wins in overtime

Tied 85–85 after regulation. Final: 93–91.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5+4+80+2MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA22202617893
SAC17212225691
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 18, 33, 35, 33, 21, 23, 33, 32MIA32 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 4, 5, 0, 0, 12, 5, 7, 11MIA11 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 19, 20, 19, 9, 11, 19, 21, 20SAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 4, 2, 12, 1, 4, 14, 4, 15SAC15 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · PHX @ NJN

Phoenix needs two overtimes to survive New Jersey

Tied 133–133 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 18–14 for a 161–157 win. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 42 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs NJN
Steve Nash · PHXJason Kidd · NJNPTS4238REB614AST1314Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 12 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Steve Nash leads the day with 42

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.
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 19, 24, 26, 23, 17, 27, 11, 42PHX @ NJN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 8, 7, 7, 6, 19, 9, 10, 38NJN vs PHX · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +25.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 14 REB · 14 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 9, 35, 18, 15, 16, 17, 13, 27, 23, 33PHX @ NJN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 18, 33, 35, 33, 21, 23, 33, 32MIA @ SAC · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 35, 23, 21, 25, 23, 41, 20, 31NJN vs PHX · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 31, 28, 15, 6, 18, 27, 26, 29DAL vs DET · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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