FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 16, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SEA by 12 after the first quarter and won 92–91.

Final
UTA87
WAS91
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +4
Final
ATL79
MIA97
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +18
Final
GSW104
NYK86
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +18
Final
SAC100
MEM105
Q1 MEM -10; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +5
Final
HOU75
MIN92
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +17
Final
ORL88
CHI102
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +14
Final
NOH94
DEN116
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +22
Final · OT
SEA91
PHX92
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +1
Final
MIL106
POR99
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +7
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 16, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ CHI), 37 points.
The lead · SEA @ PHX

Phoenix needs overtime to survive Seattle

Tied 89–89 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 3–2 for a 92–91 win. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12-1-20+1PHX AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SEA30112820291
PHX18222722392
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 15, 25, 29, 27, 31, 12, 32, 19PHX19 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 10, 8, 22, 2, 14, 6, 9, 18PHX18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 13, 12, 20, 11, 14, 33, 10, 27SEA27 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 3, 5, 14, 0, 8, 2, 11, 18SEA18 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · SAC @ MEM

Memphis rallies from 10 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 10 after one, Memphis outscored the Kings 82–67 the rest of the way. Final: 105–100. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs SAC
Pau Gasol · MEMPeja Stojakovic · SACPTS2227REB63AST20Top 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
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Larry Hughes 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.
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 12, 15, 36, 16, 19, 16, 19, 38WAS vs UTA · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 16, 15, 21, 14, 18, 14, 23, 32MIA vs ATL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 26, 34, 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 30POR vs MIL · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 6, 0, 8, 15, 10, 18, 8, 29CHI vs ORL · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 13, 12, 20, 11, 14, 33, 10, 27SEA @ PHX · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 11, 25, 18, 27, 26, 24, 36, 27SAC @ MEM · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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+5.7 21.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.2 18.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Jiri WelschBOS+4.3 10.5 last 10 · 6.2 season
Sam CassellMIN+4.2 23.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.1 10.5 last 10 · 6.4 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Jon BarryDEN−3.0 3.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−2.8 8.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Dion GloverATL−2.7 9.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Calbert CheaneyGSW−2.6 6.9 last 10 · 9.5 season