FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 12, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed IND by 16 at halftime and won 103–102.

Final · Box score
MEM85
ATL84
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +1
Final · Box score
SAS95
WAS110
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +15
Final · Box score
CHA99
MIA108
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +9
Final · Box score
HOU99
NJN91
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +8
Final · Box score
DAL109
NOK103
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
UTA98
CHI103
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +5
Final · Box score
IND102
MIL103
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL -16; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +1
Final · Box score
GSW86
PHX101
Q1 PHX +17; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +15
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2004–05Nov 12, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ ORL), 41 points.
The lead · IND @ MIL

Milwaukee erases 16-point lead, steals one from Indiana

Indiana led 56–40 at halftime. Milwaukee won the second half 63–46 to take it 103–102. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-16-3+1MIL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND32241828102
MIL22183132103
Who led
Michael ReddPoints, last 5 games: 30, 41, 23, 21, 28MIL28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 5 games: 16, 21, 13, 8, 19MIL19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 6 games: 19, 27, 23, 17, 20, 27IND27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 6 games: 16, 22, 15, 24, 30, 24IND24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ WAS

Washington handles San Antonio by 15

The Wizards won the third quarter 33–25. Final: 110–95. Gilbert Arenas led Washington with 43 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over ATL1MIL over IND1CHI over UTA5DAL over NOK6HOU over NJN8MIA over CHA9WAS over SAS15PHX over GSW15Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.6Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.6 in 5 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg20.9Last 3

20.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 43

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 6 games: 21, 27, 30, 18, 32, 43WAS vs SAS · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 2 games: 23, 35HOU @ NJN · W
29.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 7 games: 27, 23, 13, 31, 2, 29, 33UTA @ CHI · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 28, 16, 34, 14, 23, 30DAL @ NOK · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 5 games: 30, 41, 23, 21, 28MIL vs IND · W
28.6 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 7 games: 10, 10, 13, 14, 8, 11, 28SAS @ WAS · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST