FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 10, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DAL by 20 after the first quarter and won 100–99.

Final
SEA112
BOS126
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +24; Q3 BOS +31; Q4 BOS +14
Final
ORL95
WAS91
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +4
Final
ATL90
MEM103
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +13
Final · OT
GSW89
MIL94
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +5
Final
POR77
SAS102
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +25
Final
NYK73
UTA95
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +22
Final
DAL99
LAC100
Q1 LAC -20; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +1
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 10, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ GSW), 36 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAC

Corey Maggette drops 30 in 20-point comeback win over Dallas

Dallas led by 20 after one. Final: 100–99. Michael Finley scored 38 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-4-5+1LAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3921221799
LAC19372123100
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 8, 33, 20, 22, 24, 22, 15, 26, 27, 30LAC30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 12, 8, 0, 2, 15, 4, 5, 21LAC21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 28, 14, 20, 25, 16, 19, 22, 38DAL38 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 12, 14, 30, 8, 8, 24, 24, 21DAL21 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 20 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 17 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Portland by 25, the widest margin of 7 games.

LAC over DAL1ORL over WAS4MIL over GSW5MEM over ATL13BOS over SEA14UTA over NYK22SAS over POR25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 38

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 FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 28, 14, 20, 25, 16, 19, 22, 38DAL @ LAC · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 26, 21, 26, 23, 24, 33, 14, 36BOS vs SEA · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 8, 33, 20, 22, 24, 22, 15, 26, 27, 30LAC vs DAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 24, 31, 16, 29, 28, 27, 16, 27ORL @ WAS · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 20, 23, 26, 25, 24, 28, 14, 25MIL vs GSW · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 9, 23, 7, 7, 16, 13, 18, 24BOS vs SEA · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 1 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 25.1 last 10 · 20.4 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.0 10.2 last 10 · 6.2 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.8 21.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Jiri WelschBOS+3.3 9.0 last 10 · 5.7 season
Sam CassellMIN+3.0 21.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−3.9 8.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.4 7.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Calbert CheaneyGSW−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.6 11.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−2.3 4.8 last 10 · 7.1 season