FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 17, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SEA by 7 after the first quarter and won 97–93.

Final
GSW115
TOR120
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +5
Final
UTA104
IND94
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +10
Final
HOU108
LAC103
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +5
Final
SEA93
DET97
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +4
Final · OT
WAS147
LAL141
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +6
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 17, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs MIA), 41 points.
The lead · SEA @ DET

Seattle's skid reaches four

Detroit won 97–93; the SuperSonics fall to 10–15. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+1+3+4DET AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2822241993
DET2130262097
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 26, 17, 25, 15, 14, 18, 26, 24DET24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 22, 14, 17, 12, 31, 22, 27, 21DET21 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 27, 29, 15, 25, 26, 18, 10, 25SEA25 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 13, 18, 19, 10, 16, 4, 20, 21SEA21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · HOU @ LAC

Houston beats Clippers, 108–103

Houston led 79–71 after three and won by 5. Yao Ming led Houston with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over SEA4TOR over GSW5HOU over LAC5WAS over LAL6UTA over IND10Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.0Season avg38.8Last 5

38.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 60 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 60

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: 21, 33, 10, 38, 38, 32, 41, 34, 27, 60WAS @ LAL · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +32.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high60 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 52, 29, 21, 24, 34, 23, 33, 53, 45LAL vs WAS · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26, 38, 35, 32HOU @ LAC · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 20, 13, 20, 18, 11, 26, 11, 31IND vs UTA · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 11, 19, 16, 12, 16, 17, 24, 28GSW @ TOR · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 21, 14, 10, 20, 17, 26, 30, 27WAS @ LAL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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+5.8 23.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+5.0 13.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Sean MayCHA+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jannero PargoNOK+4.6 12.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.4 11.0 last 10 · 15.4 season
Kevin MartinSAC−4.4 16.9 last 10 · 21.3 season
Sam CassellLAC−3.6 10.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Fred JonesTOR−3.3 5.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Michael ReddMIL−3.1 25.0 last 10 · 28.1 season