FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 5, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIL by 6 at halftime and won 110–99.

Final
NYK100
CHA98
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +2
Final
POR92
IND99
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +7
Final
MIN94
BOS104
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
GSW104
DET97
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +7
Final
DEN104
ATL108
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +4
Final
CHI95
CLE85
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +10
Final
LAL103
NOH87
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +16
Final
MIL99
SAS110
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +11
Final
ORL81
UTA87
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +6
Final
TOR100
SAC107
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +7
Final
DAL90
LAC112
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +22
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MIL @ SAS

San Antonio handles Milwaukee by 11

The Spurs won the fourth quarter 34–23. Final: 110–99. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-60+11SAS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3226182399
SAS29232434110
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 11, 26, 33, 32, 15, 14, 30, 22SAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Gary NealPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 12, 8, 4, 13, 19, 20, 13, 22SAS22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 9, 17, 10, 17, 18, 17, 17, 21MIL21 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 4, 4, 6, 18, 0, 15, 2, 17MIL17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 18 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · MIN @ BOS

Boston beats Minnesota, 104–94

Boston led 79–72 after three and won by 10. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over CHA2ATL over DEN4UTA over ORL6IND over POR7GSW over DET7SAC over TOR7BOS over MIN10CHI over CLE10SAS over MIL11LAL over NOH16LAC over DAL22Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MIN.
Top performances

Kyle Lowry 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.
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 21, 19, 20, 7, 12, 15, 24, 34TOR @ SAC · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 18, 18, 17, 16, 17, 9, 16, 32DEN @ ATL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 19, 14, 28, 19, 16, 20, 16, 31UTA vs ORL · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 17, 34, 16, 17, 7, 21, 22, 31NOH vs LAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 38, 30, 19, 40, 14, 34, 39, 29LAL @ NOH · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 7, 23, 16, 24, 21, 22, 8, 27GSW @ DET · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST