FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 2, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed ORL by 6 after the first quarter and won 100–91.

Final
NOH100
ORL91
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +9
Final
TOR95
PHI88
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MIL106
ATL94
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +12
Final
WAS72
DAL97
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +25
Final
CLE103
DEN115
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +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 · 2002–03Dec 2, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX vs MIA), 30 points.
The lead · NOH @ ORL

New Orleans beats Orlando, 100–91

New Orleans led 75–66 after three and won by 9. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-6+2+9+9NOH AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH23252725100
ORL2917202591
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 25, 17, 33, 18, 28, 26, 13, 21NOH21 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 20, 11, 11, 16, 22, 21, 16, 17NOH17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 9 games: 7, 4, 12, 10, 19, 13, 12, 7, 25ORL25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 36, 51, 19, 29, 20, 12, 24, 31, 16ORL16 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.5Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.6Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 5.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · CLE @ DEN

Denver keeps rolling, beats Cleveland

That is four in a row. Final: 115–103. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
W@ CHI105–97Wvs ORL106–101L@ MIN76–89Wvs MIL94–86Wvs WAS108–87L@ DAL101–115Wvs PHX110–80Wvs DAL113–103W@ LAC98–86Wvs CLE115–103DEN: last 10 games through Dec 2, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 15, 24, 27, 28, 30, 12, 50, 35PHI vs TOR · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 11, 10, 2, 13, 4, 2, 8, 27TOR @ PHI · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 10, 13, 23, 16, 17, 26, 12, 26DEN vs CLE · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 27, 16, 26, 26, 30, 34, 17, 26ATL vs MIL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 9 games: 7, 4, 12, 10, 19, 13, 12, 7, 25ORL vs NOH · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 24, 28, 14, 26, 20, 23, 26, 25MIL @ ATL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST