FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 14, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed MIL by 16 after the first quarter and won 108–102.

Final
MIA90
TOR89
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +1
Final
MIL102
SEA108
Q1 SEA -16; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +6
Final
UTA94
PHI86
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +8
Final
WAS87
NYK89
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +2
Final
PHX102
SAC107
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC -13; Q4 SAC +5
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 14, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Eddie Jones (MIA vs GSW), 38 points.
The lead · MIL @ SEA

Seattle overcomes 16-point deficit, beats Milwaukee 108–102

The SuperSonics trailed by 16 after one and finished 85–63. Flip Murray led Seattle with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SEA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-4+3+6SEA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL39221922102
SEA23342625108
Who led
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 12, 6, 20, 0, 27, 16, 19, 23SEA23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 9, 21, 7, 20, 6, 8, 14, 17SEA17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 26, 25, 24, 28, 14, 25, 30, 27MIL27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 14, 17, 17, 25, 22, 14, 12, 19MIL19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ SAC

Sacramento fights back late to top Phoenix

Phoenix led 92–79 after three. Sacramento won the fourth 28–10 and the game 107–102. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 36 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs PHX
Peja Stojakovic · SACShawn Marion · PHXPTS3632REB312AST56Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 39

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 17, 8, 18, 20, 24, 13, 15, 39NYK vs WAS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 26, 11, 25, 18, 27, 26, 24, 36SAC vs PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 8, 15, 25, 29, 27, 31, 12, 32PHX @ SAC · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 18, 19, 10, 4, 11, 10, 12, 30UTA @ PHI · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 16, 19, 20, 10, 17, 22, 13, 27UTA @ PHI · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 26, 25, 24, 28, 14, 25, 30, 27MIL @ SEA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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+4.1 10.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+4.1 16.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Sam CassellMIN+3.8 22.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−5.0 14.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Calbert CheaneyGSW−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Allan HoustonNYK−3.0 17.3 last 10 · 20.3 season
Dion GloverATL−2.9 9.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−2.5 9.0 last 10 · 11.5 season