FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 1, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 2 points, by PHX (vs MIL) and TOR (vs BOS).

Final · Box score
BOS102
TOR106
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +4
Final · Box score
CHA109
WAS121
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +12
Final · Box score
CLE106
ATL95
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
NYK100
DET108
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +8
Final · Box score
DEN106
MIN92
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +14
Final · Box score
CHI111
NOK108
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
SAC90
DAL109
Q1 DAL +19; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +19
Final · Box score
MIL116
PHX122
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +6
Final · Box score
ORL91
POR89
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +2
Final · Box score
IND103
SEA105
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +2
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 · 2005–06Dec 1, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ UTA), 30 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Toronto gets past Boston

106–102, with Toronto ahead 58–51 at halftime. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+7+3+4TOR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS32192724102
TOR30282325106
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 31, 17, 25, 11, 17, 19, 18, 25TOR25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 8, 10, 11, 8, 6, 19, 2, 17TOR17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 32, 29, 39, 28, 12, 34, 31, 19BOS19 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 12, 2, 22, 12, 8, 15, 5, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 19.

ORL over POR2SEA over IND2CHI over NOK3TOR over BOS4PHX over MIL6DET over NYK8CLE over ATL11WAS over CHA12DEN over MIN14DAL over SAC19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg22.6Last 3

22.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 12 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 33 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd 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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 28, 57, 30, 25, 21, 21, 32, 24, 45, 37MIL @ PHX · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 33, 34, 34, 29, 33, 30, 33, 37, 35DEN @ MIN · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 20, 45, 29, 26, 3, 28, 21, 33WAS vs CHA · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 5, 7, 10, 2, 3, 4, 13, 33NOK vs CHI · L
6.7 PPG season to date · +28.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 13, 2, 30, 15, 24, 19, 10, 31CHI @ NOK · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 37, 20, 15, 30, 30, 25, 27, 31CLE @ ATL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST