FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 29, 2006Regular season · 13 games
← Dec 28CalendarDec 30 →

13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed LAL by 12 after the first quarter and won 133–124.

Final · 3OT
LAL124
CHA133
Q1 CHA -12; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA 0; OT2 CHA 0; OT3 CHA +9
Final
CHI107
TOR97
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +10
Final
ORL111
WAS112
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +1
Final
MIL99
CLE109
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +10
Final
NJN91
MIA81
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +10
Final
IND93
DET92
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +1
Final
SEA82
MIN101
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +19
Final
DEN89
NOK99
Q1 NOK -5; Q2 NOK -4; Q3 NOK -3; Q4 NOK +10
Final
ATL68
HOU94
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +26
Final
NYK86
PHX108
Q1 PHX +20; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +22
Final
PHI98
POR95
Q1 PHI -10; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +3
Final
BOS100
GSW110
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +10
Final
SAC93
LAC102
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +9
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 29, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA @ DEN), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHA

Charlotte outlasts Lakers in triple overtime

105–105 at the end of regulation. Charlotte took the last extra period 13–4. Final: 133–124. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 58 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (7 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.End OT1End OT2Final0-120+1000+9CHA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
LAL30302520874124
CHA184226198713133
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 12, 31, 28, 12, 6, 16, 40, 28CHA28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Matt CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 0, 5, 15, 16, 4, 14, 6, 27CHA27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 53, 45, 19, 24, 21, 16, 27, 58LAL58 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Luke WaltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 8, 15, 9, 9, 4, 10, 10, 14LAL14 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg40.5Today

40 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Atlanta by 26.

WAS over ORL1IND over DET1PHI over POR3CHA over LAL9LAC over SAC9CHI over TOR10CLE over MIL10NJN over MIA10NOK over DEN10GSW over BOS10MIN over SEA19PHX over NYK22HOU over ATL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 58

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: 23, 33, 53, 45, 19, 24, 21, 16, 27, 58LAL @ CHA · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high58 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 41, 34, 27, 60, 23, 30, 54, 31, 39, 36WAS vs ORL · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 17, 27, 20, 31, 20, 14, 15, 32PHI @ POR · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 22, 22, 29, 37, 26, 32, 27, 32CLE vs MIL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 7, 31, 14, 23, 28, 19, 17, 31HOU vs ATL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 7, 8, 0, 3, 3, 3, 4, 29CLE vs MIL · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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+6.8 37.5 last 10 · 30.7 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+5.8 19.8 last 10 · 14.0 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.7 19.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Tony AllenBOS+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.3 18.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Vince CarterNJN−3.5 22.3 last 10 · 25.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−3.4 11.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Zach RandolphPOR−3.0 21.5 last 10 · 24.5 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−3.0 8.8 last 10 · 11.8 season