FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 11, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed PHX by 4 after the first quarter and won 111–101.

Final
DET86
CLE95
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +9
Final
SAS71
HOU67
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +4
Final
NOH111
PHX101
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +10
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 11, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL @ SAS), 36 points.
The lead · NOH @ PHX

New Orleans beats Phoenix, 111–101

New Orleans led 79–71 after three and won by 10. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+10+8+10NOH AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH26302332111
PHX30162530101
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 26, 13, 21, 27, 16, 19, 18, 29NOH29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 21, 16, 17, 13, 9, 20, 18, 14NOH14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 0, 15, 8, 15, 25, 29, 27, 31PHX31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 14, 14, 32, 34, 23, 15, 13, 24PHX24 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Second story · SAS @ HOU

San Antonio leads Houston wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 71–67. Best quarter: the fourth, 25–22. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over HOU4CLE over DET9NOH over PHX10Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg13.2Last 3

13.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 33.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Shawn Marion leads the day with 31

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.
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 0, 15, 8, 15, 25, 29, 27, 31PHX vs NOH · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 26, 13, 21, 27, 16, 19, 18, 29NOH @ PHX · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 8, 15, 1, 13, 14, 12, 12, 28CLE vs DET · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 14, 14, 32, 34, 23, 15, 13, 24PHX vs NOH · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 15, 6, 33, 19, 4, 8, 18, 23CLE vs DET · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 11, 27, 30, 47, 21, 17, 18, 22SAS @ HOU · W
22.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
Anfernee HardawayPHX+3.4 11.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jiri WelschBOS+3.3 9.0 last 10 · 5.7 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
Chauncey BillupsDET−2.7 17.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jalen RoseTOR−2.6 11.1 last 10 · 13.7 season