FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 30, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed WAS by 3 at halftime and won 119–102.

Final
CHA113
IND102
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +11
Final
MIA68
ORL97
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +29
Final
MIN92
NJN100
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +8
Final
TOR104
MEM110
Q1 MEM +21; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +6
Final
CLE96
CHI103
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +7
Final
NOK80
DAL94
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +14
Final
WAS102
MIL119
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +17
Final
POR86
UTA96
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +10
Final
GSW96
SAC119
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +31; Q3 SAC +32; Q4 SAC +23
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 30, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs MIA), 47 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Washington by 17

The Bucks won the fourth quarter 37–17. Final: 119–102. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-3-3+17MIL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS23283417102
MIL23253437119
Who led
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 28, 28, 29, 21, 36, 20, 24, 28MIL28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 21, 4, 6, 2, 13, 19, 17, 21MIL21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 27, 26, 23, 34, 19, 25, 20, 29WAS29 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 60, 23, 30, 54, 31, 39, 36, 19WAS19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Miami by 29, the widest margin of 9 games.

MEM over TOR6CHI over CLE7NJN over MIN8UTA over POR10CHA over IND11DAL over NOK14MIL over WAS17SAC over GSW23ORL over MIA29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Zach Randolph leads the day with 34

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.
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 21, 26, 24, 20, 18, 26, 13, 34POR @ UTA · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 22, 29, 37, 26, 32, 27, 32, 33CLE @ CHI · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 19, 23, 20, 10, 16, 8, 25, 32CHI vs CLE · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Adam MorrisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 14, 4, 6, 17, 17, 5, 30CHA @ IND · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 27, 26, 23, 34, 19, 25, 20, 29WAS @ MIL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 28, 28, 29, 21, 36, 20, 24, 28MIL vs WAS · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+5.8 19.8 last 10 · 14.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Caron ButlerWAS+5.4 25.9 last 10 · 20.5 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.3 18.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 20.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−3.7 10.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Metta World PeaceSAC−3.3 11.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Antoine WalkerMIA−3.2 4.7 last 10 · 7.9 season