FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 12, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ATL by 11 at halftime and won 100–87.

Final
DEN100
ATL87
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +13
Final
SEA93
MIL94
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +1
Final
LAL102
HOU94
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +8
Final
SAC113
GSW126
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +13
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 12, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DAL), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ ATL

Denver climbs back to beat Atlanta

Atlanta led by 11 at the half. Denver won it 100–87. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-7-11+1+13DEN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN22212829100
ATL2925161787
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26DEN26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 2, 0, 8, 15, 10, 8, 10, 19DEN19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 10, 8, 13, 11, 15, 17, 8, 21ATL21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 25, 17, 19, 8, 16, 11, 10, 16ATL16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
32.52005–06 avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 2005–06 (52 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAL @ HOU

Lakers make it three straight

Lakers beat Houston 102–94 and moved to 15–6. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
L@ UTA108–114Wvs NJN99–93Lvs MIL105–109Wvs UTA132–102W@ LAC97–88Wvs IND101–87Lvs NOK89–105Wvs ATL106–95Wvs SAS106–99W@ HOU102–94LAL: last 10 games through Dec 12, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Matt Barnes leads the day with 32

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.
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 21, 24, 13, 3, 9, 9, 7, 20, 32GSW vs SAC · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 2, 13, 30, 16, 13, 13, 14, 32SAC @ GSW · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26DEN @ ATL · W
30.7 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 8, 18, 18, 27, 29, 15, 25, 26SEA @ MIL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26HOU vs LAL · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 19, 27, 52, 29, 21, 24, 34, 23LAL @ HOU · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 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+7.1 25.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dahntay JonesMEM+3.5 11.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Andres NocioniCHI+3.5 19.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+3.5 11.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Ruben PattersonMIL+3.4 16.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.3 11.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jason TerryDAL−2.8 12.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−2.7 12.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Fred JonesTOR−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season