FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 7, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed SEA by 10 after the first quarter and won 108–98.

Final
MIN96
LAC94
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +2
Final
POR79
MEM93
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +14
Final
SEA98
TOR108
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +10
Final
BOS116
DEN111
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
IND88
SAC91
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +3
Final
UTA92
LAL94
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +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 · 2002–03Dec 7, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ GSW), 35 points.
The lead · SEA @ TOR

Vince Carter scores 30 in Toronto win over Seattle

Final: 108–98. Vince Carter added 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-3-3+10TOR AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2816292598
TOR18232938108
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 15, 43, 20, 8, 21, 21, 22, 30TOR30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 13, 17, 16, 11, 10, 16, 11, 22TOR22 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 23, 25, 10, 14, 9, 21, 7, 20SEA20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 16, 9, 24, 14, 27, 13, 12, 20SEA20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · POR @ MEM

Memphis climbs out of an 8-point hole against Portland

Down 8 after one, the Grizzlies won the third quarter 26–18 and the game 93–79. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs POR
Pau Gasol · MEMZach Randolph · PORPTS1729REB1213AST01Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.6Season avg21.1Last 3

21.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 33

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 16, 30, 26, 21, 26, 23, 24, 33BOS @ DEN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 15, 43, 20, 8, 21, 21, 22, 30TOR vs SEA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 17, 21, 17, 24, 26, 34, 22, 29POR @ MEM · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 33, 30, 18, 21, 26, 11, 25, 18, 27SAC vs IND · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 14, 0, 5, 24, 14, 21, 37, 27MIN @ LAC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 8, 33, 20, 22, 24, 22, 15, 26LAC vs MIN · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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+5.3 26.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.5 19.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+3.2 9.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Shandon AndersonNYK+3.2 10.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Chris BoshTOR+2.8 14.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−3.4 9.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−2.6 9.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Stephen JacksonATL−2.6 10.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.3 11.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Tyronn LueORL−1.9 11.1 last 10 · 13.0 season