FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 12, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed ORL by 8 at halftime and won 99–95.

Final
DEN86
PHI77
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +9
Final
MIN110
WAS91
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +19
Final
TOR111
BOS114
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +3
Final
ATL92
IND103
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +11
Final
MEM88
MIA91
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
SEA93
DET72
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +18; Q4 SEA +21
Final
NJN99
ORL95
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +4
Final
CHI95
MIL109
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +14
Final
SAC100
UTA93
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +7
Final
NOH96
GSW85
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +11
Final
DAL110
LAL93
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +17
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 12, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: David Wesley (NOH @ UTA), 33 points.
The lead · NJN @ ORL

New Jersey climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 8 at the half. New Jersey won it 99–95. Kerry Kittles led New Jersey with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-8+4+4NJN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2017293399
ORL1926173395
Who led
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 4, 4, 7, 7, 22, 5, 13, 22NJN22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 8, 10, 22, 24, 18, 18, 31, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 31, 16, 29, 28, 27, 16, 27, 20ORL20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 20, 16, 0, 15, 24, 19, 15, 20ORL20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg44.0Today

44 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Seattle by 21.

BOS over TOR3MIA over MEM3NJN over ORL4SAC over UTA7DEN over PHI9IND over ATL11NOH over GSW11MIL over CHI14DAL over LAL17MIN over WAS19SEA over DET21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 35

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 15, 43, 20, 8, 21, 21, 22, 30, 22, 35TOR @ BOS · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 21, 26, 23, 24, 33, 14, 36, 33BOS vs TOR · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 14, 27, 13, 12, 20, 11, 14, 33SEA @ DET · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 2, 8, 27, 21, 21, 9, 20, 31TOR @ BOS · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 23, 26, 25, 24, 28, 14, 25, 30MIL vs CHI · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 19, 15, 7, 22, 19, 17, 16, 29MIA vs MEM · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 14 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
Voshon LenardDEN+5.6 20.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL+4.1 24.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.0 10.0 last 10 · 6.0 season
Sam CassellMIN+3.8 22.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jiri WelschBOS+3.8 9.6 last 10 · 5.8 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−5.0 14.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Calbert CheaneyGSW−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Dion GloverATL−3.1 9.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Eddie JonesMIA−2.8 16.1 last 10 · 18.9 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−2.7 4.2 last 10 · 6.9 season