FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 15, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 19 after the first quarter and won 112–101.

Final
NYK96
IND112
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +16
Final
NJN78
TOR90
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +12
Final
MIA95
WAS106
Q1 WAS +23; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +11
Final
DEN114
BOS119
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +5
Final
SEA84
CLE106
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +22
Final
PHI79
DAL93
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +14
Final
ATL97
MEM88
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +9
Final
MIL111
CHI117
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +6
Final
GSW101
PHX105
Q1 PHX +17; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +4
Final
SAC98
UTA97
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC -11; Q4 SAC +1
Final
LAC99
POR109
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +10
Final · 2OT
HOU101
LAL112
Q1 LAL -19; Q2 LAL -18; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +11
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 15, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ SEA), 34 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 53 as Lakers beat Houston

Lakers won 112–101. Kobe Bryant: 53 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists. Yao Ming scored 35 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-19-18-600+11LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
HOU29241323102101
LAL102525291013112
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 52, 29, 21, 24, 34, 23, 33, 53LAL53 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Smush ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 11, 8, 7, 11, 10, 14, 12, 17LAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26, 38, 35HOU35 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 13, 2, 16, 10, 12, 4, 19, 19HOU19 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Cleveland by 22.

SAC over UTA1PHX over GSW4BOS over DEN5CHI over MIL6ATL over MEM9POR over LAC10WAS over MIA11LAL over HOU11TOR over NJN12DAL over PHI14IND over NYK16CLE over SEA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 53

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 52, 29, 21, 24, 34, 23, 33, 53LAL vs HOU · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +26.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high53 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26, 42DEN @ BOS · L
31.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 19, 8, 25, 36, 17, 31, 18, 38BOS vs DEN · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26, 38, 35HOU @ LAL · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 45, 37, 24, 18, 33, 25, 22, 22, 9, 32MIL @ CHI · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 24, 21, 14, 10, 20, 17, 26, 30WAS vs MIA · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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+6.3 24.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Matt BarnesGSW+4.7 13.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Sean MayCHA+3.9 16.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+3.8 11.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL+3.6 31.5 last 10 · 27.9 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.8 10.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Kevin MartinSAC−3.9 17.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
Sam CassellLAC−3.6 10.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−3.5 13.1 last 10 · 16.6 season
Fred JonesTOR−3.3 5.7 last 10 · 9.0 season