FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 9, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CLE by 10 after the first quarter and won 100–93.

Final
TOR100
CLE93
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +7
Final
WAS79
IND93
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +14
Final
DEN98
ATL112
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +14
Final
PHI78
DET76
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +2
Final
PHX72
MIA92
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +20
Final
SEA88
NJN101
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +13
Final
GSW98
MIN95
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +3
Final
POR91
HOU93
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +2
Final
LAC95
SAC105
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +10
Final
NYK90
LAL98
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +8
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 9, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Ricky Davis (CLE vs MIL), 45 points.
The lead · TOR @ CLE

Toronto rallies from 10 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 10 after one, Toronto outscored the Cavaliers 79–62 the rest of the way. Final: 100–93. Vince Carter led Toronto with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 7 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+6+7TOR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR21273121100
CLE3120222093
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 43, 20, 8, 21, 21, 22, 30, 22TOR22 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 9, 4, 11, 6, 9, 22, 18, 20TOR20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 15, 15, 6, 33, 19, 4, 8, 18CLE18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 21, 20, 14, 17, 14, 24, 19, 17CLE17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg46.3Today

46 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Phoenix by 20.

PHI over DET2HOU over POR2GSW over MIN3TOR over CLE7LAL over NYK8SAC over LAC10NJN over SEA13IND over WAS14ATL over DEN14MIA over PHX20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Garnett 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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 25, 25, 21, 28, 16, 33, 24, 33MIN vs GSW · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 21, 17, 24, 26, 34, 22, 29, 31POR @ HOU · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 9, 8, 10, 22, 24, 18, 18, 31NJN vs SEA · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 29, 21, 25, 8, 17, 16, 9, 30GSW @ MIN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 24, 15, 8, 22, 24, 16, 11, 29DET vs PHI · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 14, 0, 15, 8, 15, 25, 29, 27PHX @ MIA · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 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+4.7 25.5 last 10 · 20.8 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.0 10.2 last 10 · 6.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.5 19.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Shandon AndersonNYK+3.4 11.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
Sam CassellMIN+3.0 21.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−3.6 8.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.4 7.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Stephen JacksonATL−2.6 10.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.6 11.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−2.3 4.8 last 10 · 7.1 season