FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 23, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed IND by 12 after the first quarter and won 78–71.

Final
MIN78
IND71
Q1 MIN -12; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +7
Final
ORL83
CLE86
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +3
Final
ATL81
DET108
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +27
Final
GSW92
MIA105
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +13
Final
NYK77
PHI98
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +21
Final
UTA100
MEM97
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +3
Final
SAS112
NOK77
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +35
Final
CHA76
CHI115
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +39
Final
LAC98
HOU93
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -9; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +5
Final
NJN104
MIL115
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +11
Final
TOR97
SEA110
Q1 SEA +14; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +13
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 23, 2005: 14 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ ATL), 53 points.
The lead · MIN @ IND

Minnesota rallies from 12 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 12 after one, Minnesota outscored the Pacers 58–39 the rest of the way. Final: 78–71. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 29 points, 19 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-10-1+7MIN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2020172178
IND321881371
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 24, 31, 18, 19, 26, 22, 24, 29MIN29 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 0, 5, 3, 15, 13, 10, 2, 10MIN10 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 11, 21, 21, 11, 9, 7, 10, 22IND22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 16, 8, 16, 17, 0, 7, 20, 12IND12 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Charlotte by 39, the widest margin of 11 games.

CLE over ORL3UTA over MEM3LAC over HOU5MIN over IND7MIL over NJN11MIA over GSW13SEA over TOR13PHI over NYK21DET over ATL27SAS over NOK35CHI over CHA39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.2Season avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Mo Williams leads the day with 32

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.
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 33, 12, 17, 18, 28, 19, 26, 32MIL vs NJN · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 27, 15, 22, 22, 29, 37, 26, 32CLE vs ORL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 24, 31, 18, 19, 26, 22, 24, 29MIN @ IND · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 29, 23, 18, 21, 21, 18, 33, 28SEA vs TOR · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 0, 20, 11, 20, 29, 22, 18, 28MEM vs UTA · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 10, 3, 12, 10, 11, 2, 10, 28HOU vs LAC · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Tony AllenBOS+5.3 13.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+4.9 14.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Sean MayCHA+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+4.3 21.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−4.3 8.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Kirk HinrichCHI−3.1 11.2 last 10 · 14.3 season
Sebastian TelfairBOS−3.1 5.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Michael ReddMIL−3.0 24.9 last 10 · 27.9 season