FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 22, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAC by 18 at halftime and won 110–101.

Final · Box score
BOS83
CHA92
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +9
Final · Box score
IND91
ORL96
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +5
Final · Box score
CLE87
TOR95
Q1 TOR +15; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +8
Final · Box score
ATL98
DET103
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +5
Final · Box score
MIA86
SAS106
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +20
Final · Box score
PHI94
MIL98
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL +4
Final · Box score
NYK89
MIN107
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +18
Final · Box score
WAS82
HOU86
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +4
Final · Box score
NOK83
PHX92
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +9
Final · Box score
NJN97
POR100
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -13; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +3
Final · Box score
UTA110
SAC101
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -18; Q3 UTA -13; Q4 UTA +9
Final · Box score
DEN115
GSW112
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +3
Final · Box score
SEA95
LAC85
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +10
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 · 2005–06Nov 22, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs DEN), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Carlos Boozer drops 32 in 18-point comeback win over Sacramento

Sacramento led by 18 at the half. Final: 110–101.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-10-18-13+9UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA20173439110
SAC30252917101
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 15, 24, 32, 16, 14, 22, 35, 32UTA32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 14, 26, 27, 16, 27, 25, 12, 20UTA20 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 15, 19, 30, 26, 24, 26, 20, 24SAC24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 7, 22, 10, 23, 19, 20, 22, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 10 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
23.62005–06 avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 2005–06 (77 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.0Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 3.0 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Miami by 20.

POR over NJN3DEN over GSW3MIL over PHI4HOU over WAS4ORL over IND5DET over ATL5TOR over CLE8CHA over BOS9PHX over NOK9UTA over SAC9SEA over LAC10MIN over NYK18SAS over MIA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis leads the day with 35

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.
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 21, 23, 27, 25, 24, 17, 20, 35SEA @ LAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 33, 34, 38, 15, 28, 18, 27, 35NJN @ POR · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 37, 31, 36, 33, 34, 34, 29, 33DEN @ GSW · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 15, 24, 32, 16, 14, 22, 35, 32UTA @ SAC · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 34, 28, 57, 30, 25, 21, 21, 32MIL vs PHI · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 19, 38, 29, 32, 37, 20, 15, 30CLE @ TOR · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST