FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 3, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 9 after the first quarter and won 92–79.

Final · Box score
TOR95
NJN82
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +13
Final · Box score
DET92
CHI79
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +13
Final · Box score
NOK88
DAL97
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +9
Final · Box score
MEM90
HOU75
Q1 MEM +21; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +15
Final · Box score
ORL84
MIL104
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +20
Final · Box score
PHI91
SAS100
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +9
Final · Box score
MIA99
DEN101
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +2
Final · Box score
CLE90
LAC102
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +12
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 · 2004–05Dec 3, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Pau Gasol (MEM vs PHI), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ CHI

Detroit rallies from 9 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 9 after one, Detroit outscored the Bulls 76–54 the rest of the way. Final: 92–79. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90+17+13DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1628272192
CHI2519102579
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 14, 12, 11, 33, 15, 16, 3, 26DET26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 13, 12, 16, 21, 17, 20, 11, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 16, 14, 17, 6, 21, 4, 28, 18CHI18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Michael SweetneyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 13, 20, 5, 8, 12, 10, 6, 15CHI15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHI @ SAS

Philadelphia's skid reaches three

San Antonio won 100–91; the 76ers fall to 8–10. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
W@ TOR121–115L@ MIA96–106Lvs CLE120–123Wvs NOK103–91L@ MIL97–108L@ NYK102–105Wvs POR107–83L@ BOS103–110L@ NOK86–88L@ SAS91–100PHI: last 10 games through Dec 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg19.2Last 3

19.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
9.72004–05 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 2004–05 (69 games). Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 33, 37, 24, 45, 40, 38, 40, 34, 37PHI @ SAS · L
34.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 33, 19, 23, 21, 33, 20, 27, 32MIA @ DEN · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 23, 32, 21, 20, 22, 19, 33, 30LAC vs CLE · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 16, 36, 36, 19, 38, 28, 34, 30CLE @ LAC · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 23, 31, 23, 27, 29, 18, 14, 30DAL vs NOK · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 27, 18, 25, 32, 28, 23, 16, 30MIL vs ORL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST