FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 26, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MEM by 11 at halftime and won 105–102.

Final · Box score
Bulls91
Cavs102
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
Bucks93
Magic108
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +15
Final · Box score
Lakers91
Wizards94
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS -9; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +3
Final · Box score
Nets109
Knicks101
Q1 NJN +12; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +8
Final · Box score
Suns103
Wolves89
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +14
Final · Box score
Pacers80
Mavs102
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +22
Final · OT · Box score
Grizzlies102
Jazz105
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final · Box score
Blazers105
Kings92
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +13
Final · Box score
Celtics111
Sonics118
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +7
Final · Box score
Nuggets118
Warriors112
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +6
On this day · 2004–05Dec 26, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (Bucks-Bulls), 39 points.
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The lead · Grizzlies-Jazz

Utah needs overtime to survive Memphis

Shawn Marion goes for 21 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-11-60+3UTA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Grizzlies302620197102
Jazz2718252510105
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 10, 14, 17, 22, 21, 11, 5, 24UTA24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 24, 21, 19, 14, 9, 23, 11, 23UTA23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 13, 11, 10, 14, 32, 26, 19, 32MEM32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 7, 11, 14, 8, 6, 12, 11, 25MEM25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Lakers-Wizards

Washington rallies from 9 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 9 after one, Washington outscored the Lakers 74–62 the rest of the way. Final: 94–91. Gilbert Arenas led Washington with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Wizards-Lakers
Gilbert Arenas · WASKobe Bryant · LALPTS3431REB75AST32Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Nuggets-Warriors combined for 230, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 118, Warriors 112
230
Celtics-SonicsCeltics 111, Sonics 118
229
Nets-KnicksNets 109, Knicks 101
210
Grizzlies-JazzGrizzlies 102, Jazz 105
207
Bucks-MagicBucks 93, Magic 108
201
Blazers-KingsBlazers 105, Kings 92
197
Bulls-CavsBulls 91, Cavs 102
193
Suns-WolvesSuns 103, Wolves 89
192
Lakers-WizardsLakers 91, Wizards 94
185
Pacers-MavsPacers 80, Mavs 102
182
2 of 10 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-JazzGrizzlies 102, Jazz 105
+3 UTA
Lakers-WizardsLakers 91, Wizards 94
+3 WAS
Nuggets-WarriorsNuggets 118, Warriors 112
+6 DEN
Celtics-SonicsCeltics 111, Sonics 118
+7 SEA
Nets-KnicksNets 109, Knicks 101
+8 NJN
Bulls-CavsBulls 91, Cavs 102
+11 CLE
Blazers-KingsBlazers 105, Kings 92
+13 POR
Suns-WolvesSuns 103, Wolves 89
+14 PHX
Bucks-MagicBucks 93, Magic 108
+15 ORL
Pacers-MavsPacers 80, Mavs 102
+22 DAL
UTA erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Grizzlies-JazzUTA won · Grizzlies 102, Jazz 105
11 pts
Lakers-WizardsWAS won · Lakers 91, Wizards 94
9 pts
Celtics-SonicsSEA won · Celtics 111, Sonics 118
6 pts
Blazers-KingsPOR won · Blazers 105, Kings 92
5 pts
Nuggets-WarriorsDEN won · Nuggets 118, Warriors 112
1 pt
Pau shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauMEM · 32 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
71% (10-14)
Clifford RobinsonNJN · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
Nate RobinsonNYK · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
BlountBOS · 14 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
DiawPHX · 31 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
69% (11-16)
Final · Grizzlies-Jazz
Grizzlies 102Jazz 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Grizzlies302620197102
Jazz2718252510105
The story
Andrei Kirilenko had 24 points and 14 rebounds as Utah beat Memphis 105-102 in OT

Eddie Jones led Memphis with 25 PTS, 4 REB 24 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 6-13 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Jazz took the fourth 25-19.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −3−11−60+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Wizards
Lakers 91Wizards 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2923142591
Wizards2023292294
The story
Gilbert Arenas' 34 points carried Washington past Los Angeles, 94-91

For Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant had 31 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 34 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 11-23 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

The Wizards trailed by 9 going into the third, then won it 29-14.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −9−9+6+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Sonics
Celtics 111Sonics 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics23322828111
Sonics17334028118
The story
Seattle beat Boston 118-111 behind 29 points from Flip Murray

Ricky Davis paced Boston: 20 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB 29 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB · 10-15 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

A 40-28 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the SuperSonics.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −6−5+7+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.3Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
28.92004–05 avg14.3Last 2

14.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.9 in 2004–05 (56 games). Today: 15 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg45.9Today

46 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 43

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 24, 28, 25, 23, 20, 19, 30, 43Celtics-Sonics · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 37, 17, 42, 24, 29, 29, 30, 36, 41, 34Wizards-Lakers · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 13, 11, 10, 14, 32, 26, 19, 32Grizzlies-Jazz · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 52, 39, 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32Cavs-Bulls · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 7, 8, 14, 9, 11, 13, 8, 31Suns-Wolves · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 43, 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37, 31Lakers-Wizards · L
32.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vince CarterNJN+6.0 30.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.5 29.3 last 10 · 23.8 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.8 24.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Brevin KnightCHA+3.9 16.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Gary PaytonMIA+3.6 13.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.0 13.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Raef LaFrentzBOS−3.6 5.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.3 8.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Steven HunterPHI−2.9 3.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.9 6.6 last 10 · 9.5 season