FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 14, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by GSW (vs HOU) and CHA (vs ORL).

Final
ORL89
CHA99
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +8; Q4 CHA +10
Final
SAS103
NOK77
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +26
Final
HOU107
GSW109
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +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 14, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs ATL), 39 points.
The lead · HOU @ GSW

Baron Davis scores 34, Golden State holds off Houston

Final: 109–107. Baron Davis added 3 rebounds and 8 assists. Yao Ming scored 38 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+2-3+2GSW AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU21292829107
GSW25272334109
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 24, 19, 8, 18, 16, 28, 14, 34GSW34 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 27, 19, 11, 19, 16, 12, 16, 17GSW17 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26, 38HOU38 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 14, 10, 10, 16, 8, 12, 21, 26HOU26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ CHA

Charlotte upsets Orlando

Charlotte (5–16) beat Orlando (15–9) 99–89. Sean May led Charlotte with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over HOU2CHA over ORL10SAS over NOK26Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg25.3Last 3

25.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Yao Ming 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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26, 38HOU @ GSW · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 24, 19, 8, 18, 16, 28, 14, 34GSW vs HOU · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Sean MayPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 21, 9, 17, 18, 7, 26, 15, 32CHA vs ORL · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 14, 10, 10, 16, 8, 12, 21, 26HOU @ GSW · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 8, 6, 13, 22, 23, 18, 12, 24SAS @ NOK · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Adam MorrisonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 6, 23, 2, 4, 2, 3, 16, 22CHA vs ORL · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 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+7.0 25.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.0 20.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Sean MayCHA+3.9 16.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+3.8 11.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Alonzo MourningMIA+3.4 12.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.8 10.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Fred JonesTOR−3.1 6.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Antoine WrightNJN−2.7 3.3 last 10 · 6.0 season
Antonio DanielsWAS−2.7 4.8 last 10 · 7.5 season