FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 3, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 9 after the first quarter and won 92–79.

Final · Box score
Raptors95
Nets82
Q1 Raptors 0; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +13
Final · Box score
Pistons92
Bulls79
Q1 DET -9; Q2 Pistons 0; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +13
Final · Box score
Hornets88
Mavs97
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +9
Final · Box score
Grizzlies90
Rockets75
Q1 MEM +21; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +15
Final · Box score
Magic84
Bucks104
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +20
Final · Box score
Sixers91
Spurs100
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
Heat99
Nuggets101
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +2
Final · Box score
Cavs90
Clippers102
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +12
On this day · 2004–05Dec 3, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Pau Gasol (Grizzlies-Sixers), 34 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Bulls

Detroit rallies from 9 down to beat Chicago

Dwyane Wade goes for 32 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90+17+13DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1628272192
Bulls2519102579
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 14, 12, 11, 33, 15, 16, 3, 26DET26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 13, 12, 16, 21, 17, 20, 11, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 16, 14, 17, 6, 21, 4, 28, 18CHI18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Michael SweetneyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 13, 20, 5, 8, 12, 10, 6, 15CHI15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Sixers-Spurs

Philadelphia's skid reaches three

San Antonio won 100–91; the 76ers fall to 8–10. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
W@ TOR121–115L@ MIA96–106Lvs CLE120–123Wvs NOK103–91L@ MIL97–108L@ NYK102–105Wvs POR107–83L@ BOS103–110L@ NOK86–88L@ SAS91–100
Lead changes
Heat-Nuggets10
Raptors-Nets6
Sixers-Spurs5
Pistons-Bulls2
Shot of the night

Boykins's three with 17 seconds left puts the Nuggets ahead, 101-99 final

The night in charts
Heat-Nuggets combined for 200, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-NuggetsHeat 99, Nuggets 101
200
Cavs-ClippersCavs 90, Clippers 102
192
Sixers-SpursSixers 91, Spurs 100
191
Magic-BucksMagic 84, Bucks 104
188
Hornets-MavsHornets 88, Mavs 97
185
Raptors-NetsRaptors 95, Nets 82
177
Pistons-BullsPistons 92, Bulls 79
171
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 90, Rockets 75
165
DEN won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Heat-NuggetsHeat 99, Nuggets 101
+2 DEN
Hornets-MavsHornets 88, Mavs 97
+9 DAL
Sixers-SpursSixers 91, Spurs 100
+9 SAS
Cavs-ClippersCavs 90, Clippers 102
+12 LAC
Raptors-NetsRaptors 95, Nets 82
+13 TOR
Pistons-BullsPistons 92, Bulls 79
+13 DET
Grizzlies-RocketsGrizzlies 90, Rockets 75
+15 MEM
Magic-BucksMagic 84, Bucks 104
+20 MIL
DET rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-BullsDET won · Pistons 92, Bulls 79
9 pts
Sixers-SpursSAS won · Sixers 91, Spurs 100
4 pts
Stoudamire shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
StoudamireMEM · 24 PTS, 8 AST, 1 REB
73% (8-11)
GadzuricMIL · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
PetersonTOR · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
TerryDAL · 20 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
YaoHOU · 29 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL
63% (12-19)
Final · Heat-Nuggets
Heat 99Nuggets 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2426232699
Nuggets25312817101
The story
Andre Miller had 22 points as Denver beat Miami 101-99

Antoine Walker led Miami with 20 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB · 8-16 FG

The swing

The Nuggets won the second 31-26, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +1+6+11+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hornets-Mavs
Hornets 88Mavs 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets1525272188
Mavs2326262297
The story
Dirk Nowitzki's 30 points carried Dallas past New Orleans/Oklahoma City, 97-88

For New Orleans/Oklahoma City, Speedy Claxton had 21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 30 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 10-17 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 23-15, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +8+9+8+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Paul was the fantasy play: 48.7 FPTS on 25 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

Final · Cavs-Clippers
Cavs 90Clippers 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1821242790
Clippers31212426102
The story
Los Angeles beat Cleveland 102-90 behind 30 points from Elton Brand

Zydrunas Ilgauskas paced Cleveland: 20 PTS, 8 REB 30 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 12-24 FG

The swing

A 31-18 first quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +13+13+13+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 51.5 FPTS: 30 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
9.72004–05 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 2004–05 (69 games). Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 33, 37, 24, 45, 40, 38, 40, 34, 37Sixers-Spurs · L
34.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 33, 19, 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32Heat-Nuggets · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 23, 32, 21, 20, 22, 19, 33, 30Clippers-Cavs · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 16, 36, 36, 19, 38, 28, 34, 30Cavs-Clippers · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 23, 31, 23, 27, 29, 18, 14, 30Mavs-Hornets · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 27, 18, 25, 32, 28, 23, 16, 30Bucks-Magic · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST