FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 25, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed UTA by 11 at halftime and won 94–90.

Final · Box score
POR89
ORL104
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +15
Final · Box score
CHA89
BOS90
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +1
Final · 2OT · Box score
WAS120
DET114
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS +6
Final · Box score
ATL87
IND85
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +2
Final · Box score
HOU81
MEM86
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +5
Final · Box score
DAL103
MIA90
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
MIL91
MIN99
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +8
Final · Box score
CHI106
SAS99
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +7
Final · Box score
LAC95
DEN105
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +10
Final · Box score
GSW94
UTA90
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW -11; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
TOR104
SAC106
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +2
Final · Box score
NJN81
PHX92
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +11
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 25, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Austin Croshere (IND vs MIN), 25 points.
The lead · GSW @ UTA

Golden State rallies from 11 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 11 at the half, Golden State outscored the Jazz 54–39 the rest of the way. Final: 94–90. Jason Richardson led Golden State with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11-3+4GSW AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2020243094
UTA2922162390
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 11, 32, 21, 28, 20, 25, 10, 29GSW29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 23, 10, 11, 16, 21, 17, 6, 13GSW13 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 13, 18, 12, 21, 21, 10, 4, 24UTA24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 11, 9, 7, 7, 3, 13, 12, 21UTA21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 12 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 9 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 15.

BOS over CHA1ATL over IND2SAC over TOR2GSW over UTA4MEM over HOU5WAS over DET6CHI over SAS7MIN over MIL8DEN over LAC10PHX over NJN11DAL over MIA13ORL over POR15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 39

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 10 games: 30, 18, 32, 43, 18, 33, 17, 36, 19, 39WAS @ DET · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 23, 24, 31, 25, 21, 28, 12, 35DEN vs LAC · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 10, 16, 13, 20, 14, 12, 11, 33DET vs WAS · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 17, 20, 27, 17, 29, 15, 15, 30IND vs ATL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 15, 13, 20, 12, 17, 15, 8, 30MIN vs MIL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 11, 32, 21, 28, 20, 25, 10, 29GSW @ UTA · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST