FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 12, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ATL by 11 at halftime and won 100–87.

Final · Box score
Nuggets100
Hawks87
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +13
Final · Box score
Sonics93
Bucks94
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +1
Final · Box score
Lakers102
Rockets94
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +8
Final · Box score
Kings113
Warriors126
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +13
On this day · 2005–06Dec 12, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Mavs), 43 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Hawks

Denver climbs back to beat Atlanta

Josh Smith goes for 21 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-11+1+13DEN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets22212829100
Hawks2925161787
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26DEN26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 2, 0, 8, 15, 10, 8, 10, 19DEN19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 10, 8, 13, 11, 15, 17, 8, 21ATL21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 25, 17, 19, 8, 16, 11, 10, 16ATL16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lead changes
Nuggets-Hawks7
Sonics-Bucks7
Lakers-Rockets4
Kings-Warriors1
The night in charts
Kings-Warriors combined for 239, 43 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-WarriorsKings 113, Warriors 126
239
Lakers-RocketsLakers 102, Rockets 94
196
Nuggets-HawksNuggets 100, Hawks 87
187
Sonics-BucksSonics 93, Bucks 94
187
MIL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Sonics-BucksSonics 93, Bucks 94
+1 MIL
Lakers-RocketsLakers 102, Rockets 94
+8 LAL
Nuggets-HawksNuggets 100, Hawks 87
+13 DEN
Kings-WarriorsKings 113, Warriors 126
+13 GSW
DEN erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-HawksDEN won · Nuggets 100, Hawks 87
11 pts
Lakers-RocketsLAL won · Lakers 102, Rockets 94
4 pts
Sonics-BucksMIL won · Sonics 93, Bucks 94
2 pts
Patterson shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PattersonMIL · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL
80% (8-10)
BoykinsDEN · 19 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB
73% (8-11)
WaltonLAL · 18 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
WilcoxSEA · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
PietrusGSW · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Final · Sonics-Bucks
Sonics 93Bucks 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2923231893
Bucks3020232194
The story
Ruben Patterson had 21 points as Milwaukee beat Seattle 94-93

Chris Wilcox led Seattle with 16 PTS, 8 REB 21 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 8-10 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Bucks took the fourth 21-18.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +1−2−2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Hawks
Nuggets 100Hawks 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets22212829100
Hawks2925161787
The story
Carmelo Anthony's 26 points carried Denver past Atlanta, 100-87

For Atlanta, Tyronn Lue had 16 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 10-25 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets trailed by 11 going into the third, then won it 28-16.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −7−11+1+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Warriors
Kings 113Warriors 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings25292930113
Warriors32362731126
The story
Golden State beat Sacramento 126-113 behind 20 points and 14 rebounds from Andris Biedrins

Metta World Peace paced Sacramento: 22 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 20 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 7-7 FG

The swing

A 32-25 first quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +7+14+12+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
32.52005–06 avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 2005–06 (52 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · Lakers-Rockets

Lakers make it three straight

Lakers beat Houston 102–94 and moved to 15–6. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
L@ UTA108–114Wvs NJN99–93Lvs MIL105–109Wvs UTA132–102W@ LAC97–88Wvs IND101–87Lvs NOK89–105Wvs ATL106–95Wvs SAS106–99W@ HOU102–94
Top performances

Matt Barnes leads the day with 32

Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 21, 24, 13, 3, 9, 9, 7, 20, 32Warriors-Kings · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 2, 13, 30, 16, 13, 13, 14, 32Kings-Warriors · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 33, 37, 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26Nuggets-Hawks · W
30.7 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 8, 18, 18, 27, 29, 15, 25, 26Sonics-Bucks · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 25, 18, 24, 27, 14, 21, 38, 26Rockets-Lakers · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 19, 27, 52, 29, 21, 24, 34, 23Lakers-Rockets · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eddy CurryNYK+7.1 25.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dahntay JonesMEM+3.5 11.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Andres NocioniCHI+3.5 19.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+3.5 11.2 last 10 · 7.7 season
Ruben PattersonMIL+3.4 16.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Emeka OkaforCHA−4.3 11.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jameer NelsonORL−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jason TerryDAL−2.8 12.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−2.7 12.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Fred JonesTOR−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season