FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 5, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NOH by 10 after the first quarter and won 91–76.

Final
CHI91
CHA82
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +9
Final
BOS113
PHI103
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +10
Final
PHX136
TOR123
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +13
Final
CLE86
WAS105
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +19
Final
NYK100
NJN93
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +7
Final
DET91
NOH76
Q1 DET -10; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +15
Final
MEM92
HOU105
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +13
Final
DAL95
SAS97
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +2
Final
LAL111
DEN107
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +4
Final
MIL90
GSW120
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +21; Q3 GSW +22; Q4 GSW +30
Final
LAC88
SEA95
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +7
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 · 2006–07Dec 5, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL @ SEA), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ NOH

Detroit fights back from 10 down against New Orleans

Final: 91–76, after trailing by 10 after one. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+2+6+15DET AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1628222591
NOH2616181676
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 12, 11, 17, 18, 8, 19, 14, 21DET21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 25, 11, 15, 7, 18, 18, 10, 18DET18 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 21, 17, 3, 22, 17, 4, 22, 19NOH19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 12, 4, 12, 12, 9, 6, 21, 17NOH17 PTS · 22 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Milwaukee by 30, the widest margin of 11 games.

SAS over DAL2LAL over DEN4NYK over NJN7SEA over LAC7CHI over CHA9BOS over PHI10PHX over TOR13HOU over MEM13DET over NOH15WAS over CLE19GSW over MIL30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 15 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg41.0Today

41 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 51

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 29, 13, 18, 26, 21, 26, 20, 51DEN vs LAL · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high51 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 27, 11, 22, 9, 19, 31, 11, 37SAS vs DAL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 18, 6, 16, 4, 17, 15, 4, 35PHX @ TOR · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 30, 30, 27, 27, 23, 21, 36, 31NJN vs NYK · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 5, 23, 10, 21, 22, 29, 11, 30CHI @ CHA · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 15, 16, 6, 22, 8, 25, 10, 29NYK @ NJN · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST