FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 9, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NJN by 16 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final
PHI84
ORL86
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
HOU114
WAS109
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +5
Final
IND75
CLE107
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +29; Q4 CLE +32
Final
BOS92
NJN90
Q1 BOS -16; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +2
Final
MIL107
NYK115
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +8
Final
LAC89
MEM82
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +7
Final
MIN91
CHI81
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +10
Final
DEN90
DAL105
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +15
Final
NOK80
GSW101
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +21
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 9, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs CHA), 43 points.
The lead · BOS @ NJN

Boston storms back from 16 down to beat New Jersey

The Celtics trailed by 16 after one and won 92–90. Al Jefferson led Boston with 29 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-3-5+2BOS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1134232492
NJN2721251790
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 4, 10, 11, 14, 5, 9, 6, 29BOS29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 39, 28, 12, 34, 31, 19, 8, 25, 36, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 9, 20, 20, 15, 20, 18, 10, 20NJN20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 23, 21, 25, 23, 41, 20, 31, 19NJN19 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · HOU @ WAS

Houston beats Washington, 114–109

Houston led 80–75 after three and won by 5. Yao Ming led Houston with 38 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over PHI2BOS over NJN2HOU over WAS5LAC over MEM7NYK over MIL8MIN over CHI10DAL over DEN15GSW over NOK21CLE over IND32Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg25.6Last 3

25.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 41

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: 26, 3, 28, 21, 33, 10, 38, 38, 32, 41WAS vs HOU · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 28, 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38HOU @ WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 20, 24, 24, 24, 27, 26, 22, 36NYK vs MIL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 9, 22, 31, 10, 4, 20, 11, 33MIL @ NYK · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 15, 15, 26, 24, 5, 23, 12, 30DAL vs DEN · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 4, 10, 11, 14, 5, 9, 6, 29BOS @ NJN · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 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+6.1 23.8 last 10 · 17.7 season
Dahntay JonesMEM+3.8 11.2 last 10 · 7.4 season
Andres NocioniCHI+3.3 19.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW+2.7 13.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dwight HowardORL+2.3 20.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Jameer NelsonORL−2.4 10.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Tony ParkerSAS−2.3 16.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Matt HarpringUTA−2.2 8.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−2.2 13.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Antonio DanielsWAS−2.2 5.5 last 10 · 7.7 season