FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 18, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed UTA by 14 after the first quarter and won 97–96.

Final
NOK99
MIA101
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +2
Final
GSW97
NJN105
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN -6; Q4 NJN +8
Final · OT
UTA96
NYK97
Q1 NYK -14; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +1
Final · 2OT
SEA126
MEM134
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +8
Final
WAS108
DEN117
Q1 DEN +20; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +9
Final
DAL109
SAC91
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +18
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 18, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ ATL), 37 points.
The lead · UTA @ NYK

New York needs overtime to survive Utah

Tied 85–85 after regulation. New York won the final period 12–11 for a 97–96 win. Stephon Marbury led New York with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14+2+50+1NYK AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA341017241196
NYK202620191297
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 16, 16, 2, 15, 13, 6, 31, 29NYK29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 4, 9, 25, 13, 9, 29, 2, 18NYK18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 24, 30, 8, 31, 28, 14, 18, 23UTA23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 18, 11, 21, 18, 28, 15, 17, 23UTA23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.4Season avg37.0Last 5

37.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
38.82005–06 avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.8 in 2005–06 (80 games). Today: 15 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

NYK over UTA1MIA over NOK2NJN over GSW8MEM over SEA8DEN over WAS9DAL over SAC18Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis leads the day with 36

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.
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 29, 15, 25, 26, 18, 10, 25, 36SEA @ MEM · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 12, 9, 19, 0, 20, 11, 20, 29MEM vs SEA · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 26, 29, 25, 26, 23, 13, 20, 29DAL @ SAC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 21, 23, 33, 32, 21, 37, 41, 29MIA vs NOK · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 10, 8, 10, 19, 11, 14, 12, 29DEN vs WAS · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 16, 16, 2, 15, 13, 6, 31, 29NYK vs UTA · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Rasual ButlerNOK+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 34.1 last 10 · 28.7 season
Sean MayCHA+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Eddy CurryNYK+4.5 22.2 last 10 · 17.7 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 33.6 last 10 · 29.1 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