FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 12, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 13 at halftime and won 92–78.

Final · OT · Box score
Wolves89
Sixers90
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 Sixers 0; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 Sixers 0; OT1 PHI +1
Final · Box score
Bucks112
Knicks92
Q1 Bucks 0; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +20
Final · Box score
Lakers109
Mavs106
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Hornets91
Suns87
Q1 NOK +8; Q2 NOK +8; Q3 NOK +11; Q4 NOK +4
Final · Box score
Pistons78
Jazz92
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -13; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +14
On this day · 2004–05Dec 12, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Bucks), 40 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Jazz

Utah climbs back to beat Detroit

Kobe Bryant goes for 43 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-13-3+14UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1833151278
Jazz1523252992
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 8, 8, 9, 28, 14, 17, 10, 24UTA24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 4, 7, 9, 9, 10, 14, 17, 22UTA22 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 33, 15, 16, 3, 26, 22, 10, 16DET16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 11, 20, 30, 40, 10, 22, 23, 16DET16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Wolves-Sixers

Philadelphia needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 85–85 after regulation. Philadelphia won the final period 5–4 for a 90–89 win. Chris Webber led Philadelphia with 27 points, 21 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Sixers-Wolves
Chris Webber · PHIWally Szczerbiak · MINPTS2723REB215AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Bucks-Knicks9
Lakers-Mavs8
Pistons-Jazz3
Hornets-Suns2
The night in charts
Lakers-Mavs combined for 215, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-MavsLakers 109, Mavs 106
215
Bucks-KnicksBucks 112, Knicks 92
204
Wolves-SixersWolves 89, Sixers 90
179
Hornets-SunsHornets 91, Suns 87
178
Pistons-JazzPistons 78, Jazz 92
170
3 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Wolves-SixersWolves 89, Sixers 90
+1 PHI
Lakers-MavsLakers 109, Mavs 106
+3 LAL
Hornets-SunsHornets 91, Suns 87
+4 NOK
Pistons-JazzPistons 78, Jazz 92
+14 UTA
Bucks-KnicksBucks 112, Knicks 92
+20 MIL
UTA erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-JazzUTA won · Pistons 78, Jazz 92
13 pts
Lakers-MavsLAL won · Lakers 109, Mavs 106
5 pts
Wolves-SixersPHI won · Wolves 89, Sixers 90
5 pts
Frye shot 14-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FryeNYK · 30 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
78% (14-18)
GadzuricMIL · 18 PTS, 4 REB
69% (9-13)
MasonNOK · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
DanielsDAL · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
Mo WilliamsMIL · 15 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Wolves-Sixers
Wolves 89Sixers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wolves25191823489
Sixers20242219590
The story
Chris Webber had 27 points and 21 rebounds as Philadelphia beat Minnesota 90-89 in OT

Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 27 PTS, 21 REB, 3 AST · 13-25 FG

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the 76ers took the second 24-19.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −50+40+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Mavs
Lakers 109Mavs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers28302427109
Mavs27293119106
The story
Lamar Odom's 15 points and 11 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Dallas, 109-106

For Dallas, Jason Terry had 20 PTS, 5 AST 15 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 5-9 FG

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 5 going into the fourth, then won it 27-19.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +1+2−5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hornets-Suns
Hornets 91Suns 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets3123191891
Suns2323162587
The story
New Orleans/Oklahoma City beat Phoenix 91-87 behind 26 points and 10 rebounds from JR Smith

Steve Nash paced Phoenix: 16 AST, 14 PTS, 2 REB 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 6-12 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

A 31-23 first quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

NOK lead by quarter
200 +8+8+11+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 46, 25, 30, 20, 29, 33, 11, 23, 35, 43Lakers-Mavs · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 28, 23, 16, 30, 21, 24, 23, 31Bucks-Knicks · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 12, 21, 21, 25, 18, 6, 8, 30Knicks-Bucks · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 16, 28, 24, 11, 11, 12, 13, 27Sixers-Wolves · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 18, 14, 30, 35, 31, 35, 24, 27Mavs-Lakers · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 16, 13, 11, 10, 11, 8, 12, 26Hornets-Suns · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bonzi WellsSAC+3.5 19.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Desmond MasonNOK+3.1 12.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Joel PrzybillaPOR+2.7 9.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
Brevin KnightCHA+2.7 14.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Allen IversonPHI+2.4 36.1 last 10 · 33.7 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerMIA−3.7 9.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mike JamesTOR−2.6 12.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI−2.4 8.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Eddie JonesMEM−2.4 10.5 last 10 · 12.9 season