FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 8, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed POR by 11 at halftime and won 108–95.

Final
HOU92
CHA62
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +31; Q4 HOU +30
Final
POR95
IND108
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +13
Final
DET87
ORL83
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +4
Final
PHX116
BOS111
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +5
Final
UTA103
MIN110
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +7
Final
WAS113
PHI98
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +15
Final
LAC82
SAS111
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +29
Final
TOR90
CHI93
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +3
Final
MEM94
MIL100
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +26; Q4 MIL +6
Final
MIA107
DEN123
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +16
Final
ATL95
LAL106
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +11
Final
NOK74
SEA94
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +20
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 8, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (IND vs WAS), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ IND

Indiana climbs out of an 11-point hole against Portland

Down 11 at the half, the Pacers won the third quarter 35–14 and the game 108–95. Stephen Jackson led Indiana with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-2-11+10+13IND AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2429142895
IND22203531108
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 18, 15, 13, 13, 0, 9, 26, 25IND25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 15, 2, 23, 14, 25, 4, 7, 20IND20 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 24, 18, 30, 28, 30, 31, 20, 29POR29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 2, 10, 12, 2, 1, 6, 0, 17POR17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Houston by 30.

CHI over TOR3DET over ORL4PHX over BOS5MIL over MEM6MIN over UTA7LAL over ATL11IND over POR13WAS over PHI15DEN over MIA16SEA over NOK20SAS over LAC29HOU over CHA30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 37

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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 13, 31, 23, 5, 15, 19, 12, 37DEN vs MIA · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 28, 12, 34, 31, 19, 8, 25, 36BOS vs PHX · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24, 32DEN vs MIA · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 3, 28, 21, 33, 10, 38, 38, 32WAS @ PHI · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 18, 25, 19, 25, 21, 15, 24, 31MIN vs UTA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 18, 12, 25, 22, 17, 19, 12, 31MEM @ MIL · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 13 REB · 0 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+2.7 14.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jarrett JackPOR+1.9 15.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Stephen JacksonIND+1.6 14.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+1.6 17.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−3.0 11.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS−2.3 16.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Matt HarpringUTA−2.2 8.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−2.2 13.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−2.0 14.7 last 10 · 16.7 season