FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 13, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed IND by 6 at halftime and won 86–75.

Final
ORL105
ATL102
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +3
Final
BOS105
CLE98
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +7
Final
DEN88
NYK95
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +7
Final
NJN63
MEM110
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +29; Q4 MEM +47
Final
IND75
CHI86
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +11
Final
HOU73
SAS86
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +13
Final
LAL108
POR112
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +4
Final
PHX91
LAC106
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +15
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 13, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Ricky Davis (CLE @ BOS), 42 points.
The lead · IND @ CHI

Chicago upsets Indiana

Chicago (5–16) beat Indiana (18–5) 86–75. Jamal Crawford led Chicago with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-6+11+11CHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2917141575
CHI2416311586
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 16, 12, 30, 22, 28, 26, 9, 18CHI18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 1, 12, 0, 11, 6, 14, 8, 0, 17, 18CHI18 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 21, 20, 6, 21, 9, 16, 17, 23IND23 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 14, 32, 18, 30, 20, 15, 20, 19IND19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Memphis by 47.

ORL over ATL3POR over LAL4BOS over CLE7NYK over DEN7CHI over IND11SAS over HOU13LAC over PHX15MEM over NJN47Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.6Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg22.8Last 3

22.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 41

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: 26, 21, 26, 23, 24, 33, 14, 36, 33, 41BOS @ CLE · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 6, 33, 19, 4, 8, 18, 23, 37CLE vs BOS · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 17, 12, 21, 32, 19, 21, 15, 35LAL @ POR · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 14, 32, 34, 23, 15, 13, 24, 30PHX @ LAC · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 16, 29, 28, 27, 16, 27, 20, 30ORL @ ATL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 3, 11, 17, 17, 13, 12, 23, 28POR vs LAL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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 20.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jiri WelschBOS+4.4 10.5 last 10 · 6.1 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.0 10.0 last 10 · 6.0 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX+3.8 11.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Sam CassellMIN+3.8 22.8 last 10 · 19.0 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−2.9 9.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eddie JonesMIA−2.8 16.1 last 10 · 18.9 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−2.7 4.2 last 10 · 6.9 season