FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 6, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIN by 6 after three quarters and won 90–89.

Final
MIN89
ATL90
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +1
Final
DEN122
DAL109
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIA106
POR112
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +6
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 6, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ NYK), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ ATL

Atlanta wins a tight one over Minnesota

90–89. Neither team led by more than 14 at any break. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+14+13-6+1ATL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN1525272289
ATL292482990
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 38, 11, 16, 16, 12, 10, 16, 22, 13, 28ATL28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 22, 25, 21, 21, 17, 15, 5, 21ATL21 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Craig SmithPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 7, 7, 10, 17, 10, 6, 13, 20MIN20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Marko JaricPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 9, 9, 14, 20, 21, 12, 4, 18MIN18 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Second story · MIA @ POR

Portland leads Miami wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 112–106. Best quarter: the fourth, 35–33. Brandon Roy led Portland with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over MIN1POR over MIA6DEN over DAL13Final margin, points. Pink = POR over MIA.
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
10.5Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 35

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: 22, 29, 13, 18, 26, 21, 26, 20, 51, 35DEN @ DAL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 20, 31, 27, 11, 19, 25, 15, 32DAL vs DEN · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 38, 11, 16, 16, 12, 10, 16, 22, 13, 28ATL vs MIN · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 25, 13, 12, 10, 8, 4, 26, 25POR vs MIA · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 2, 6, 10, 2, 18, 9, 8, 23DAL vs DEN · L
9.5 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 31, 17, 25, 23, 24, 30, 26, 23DEN @ DAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Dwight HowardORL+1.4 24.6 last 10 · 23.2 season
Daniel GibsonCLE+1.0 13.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Eduardo NajeraDEN+0.7 7.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+0.7 19.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Allen IversonDEN+0.7 26.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Cold
Jason TerryDAL−3.6 13.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−2.5 11.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Rashard LewisORL−2.2 16.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
DeSagana DiopDAL−1.0 3.2 last 10 · 4.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN−0.6 8.2 last 10 · 8.8 season