FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 22, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed ORL by 8 after the first quarter and won 117–108.

Final
UTA89
CHA101
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +12
Final
GSW117
ORL108
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +9
Final
IND100
ATL90
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +10
Final
LAL99
NJN95
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +4
Final
CHI92
NYK103
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +11
Final
PHI98
BOS83
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +15
Final
MIL113
MIN107
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +6
Final · OT
MEM97
NOK100
Q1 NOK -1; Q2 NOK +5; Q3 NOK -5; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK +3
Final
HOU97
SAS78
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +19
Final
LAC83
DAL115
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +38; Q4 DAL +32
Final
SAC101
DEN96
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +5
Final · OT
TOR101
POR100
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +1
Final · OT
WAS144
PHX139
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +5
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 22, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ SAC), 37 points.
The lead · GSW @ ORL

Baron Davis scores 38, Golden State rallies past Orlando

Golden State trailed by 8 after one and won 117–108.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4-1+9GSW AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW23253237117
ORL31212927108
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 28, 14, 34, 19, 20, 25, 31, 38GSW38 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 4, 20, 14, 6, 12, 18, 10, 21GSW21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 10, 13, 19, 7, 7, 4, 14, 23ORL23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 1, 13, 14, 12, 9, 8, 7, 22ORL22 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 32.

TOR over POR1NOK over MEM3LAL over NJN4SAC over DEN5WAS over PHX5MIL over MIN6GSW over ORL9IND over ATL10NYK over CHI11CHA over UTA12PHI over BOS15HOU over SAS19DAL over LAC32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.2Season avg38.8Last 5

38.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 54 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.9Season avg24.5Last 3

24.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 54

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: 38, 38, 32, 41, 34, 27, 60, 23, 30, 54WAS @ PHX · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
54 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 11, 42, 16, 11, 18, 18, 16, 16, 10, 42PHX vs WAS · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high42 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 28, 14, 34, 19, 20, 25, 31, 38GSW @ ORL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 20, 17, 26, 30, 27, 26, 23, 34WAS @ PHX · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 19, 37, 36, 12, 12, 11, 38, 33NJN vs LAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 13, 19, 27, 12, 17, 27, 20, 31PHI @ BOS · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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
Gilbert ArenasWAS+7.6 37.7 last 10 · 30.1 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+6.9 16.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tony AllenBOS+5.3 13.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Sean MayCHA+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jannero PargoNOK+4.8 13.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−4.6 9.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Michael ReddMIL−3.6 24.6 last 10 · 28.2 season
Sebastian TelfairBOS−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−2.8 10.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS−2.7 18.0 last 10 · 20.7 season