FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 5, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed BOS by 26 at halftime and won 110–106.

Final
ATL87
TOR92
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +5
Final
PHX110
BOS106
Q1 PHX -13; Q2 PHX -26; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +4
Final
PHI93
MIA90
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MIL86
NJN93
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +7
Final
WAS77
MEM92
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +15
Final
HOU83
NOH74
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +9
Final
SAS105
ORL94
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +11
Final
GSW91
DEN98
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +7
Final
LAC67
UTA86
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +19
Final
NYK81
POR88
Q1 POR -12; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +7
Final · OT
MIN112
SAC109
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +3
Final
IND101
SEA94
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +7
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 5, 2002: 2 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (GSW vs MIN), 32 points.
The lead · PHX @ BOS

Stephon Marbury scores 34 as Phoenix wins in Boston

Final: 110–106. Stephon Marbury made 11 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-26-7+4PHX AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX17193638110
BOS30321727106
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 14, 11, 20, 18, 14, 14, 32, 34PHX34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 12, 17, 10, 21, 8, 6, 3, 17PHX17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 33, 16, 30, 26, 21, 26, 23, 24BOS24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 22, 16, 19, 8, 8, 7, 17, 22BOS22 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 19.

PHI over MIA3MIN over SAC3PHX over BOS4TOR over ATL5NJN over MIL7DEN over GSW7POR over NYK7IND over SEA7HOU over NOH9SAS over ORL11MEM over WAS15UTA over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 47

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 17, 21, 30, 25, 16, 11, 27, 30, 47SAS @ ORL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high47 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 31, 14, 0, 5, 24, 14, 21, 37MIN @ SAC · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 11, 17, 22, 5, 13, 29, 20, 35SAC vs MIN · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 27, 28, 30, 12, 50, 35, 35, 35PHI @ MIA · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 14, 11, 20, 18, 14, 14, 32, 34PHX @ BOS · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 20, 30, 25, 25, 21, 28, 16, 33MIN @ SAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 25 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL+4.1 23.7 last 10 · 19.6 season
Shandon AndersonNYK+3.3 10.3 last 10 · 7.0 season
Howard EisleyNYK+2.0 8.8 last 10 · 6.8 season
Dikembe MutomboNYK+1.5 8.6 last 10 · 7.1 season
Mehmet OkurDET+0.9 10.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−2.9 10.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−1.8 12.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Baron DavisNOH−1.5 22.4 last 10 · 23.9 season
David WesleyNOH−1.2 15.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−1.1 8.7 last 10 · 9.8 season