FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 17, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DAL by 8 after three quarters and won 105–103.

Final
HOU89
CLE85
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +4
Final
ORL94
IND90
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
MIA76
PHI87
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +11
Final
GSW98
ATL85
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +13
Final
CHI73
DET77
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +4
Final
UTA74
NJN87
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +13
Final
DAL103
BOS105
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -8; Q4 BOS +2
Final
TOR70
SAS73
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DEN99
SEA98
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +1
Final
MIL83
LAC93
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +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 17, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (NJN @ NYK), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ BOS

Boston fights back from 8 down against Dallas

Final: 105–103, after trailing by 8 after three. Paul Pierce led Boston with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-5-6-8+2BOS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29332318103
BOS24322128105
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 24, 33, 14, 36, 33, 41, 15, 25BOS25 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Jiri WelschPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 9, 19, 9, 17, 8, 13, 8, 21BOS21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 26, 19, 19, 0, 9, 27, 14, 30DAL30 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 14, 21, 15, 18, 10, 6, 23, 21DAL21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
21.32002–03 avg3.0Last 2

3.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.3 in 2002–03 (71 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIA @ PHI

Philadelphia handles Miami by 11

The 76ers won the fourth quarter 26–18. Final: 87–76. Aaron McKie led Philadelphia with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SEA1BOS over DAL2SAS over TOR3HOU over CLE4ORL over IND4DET over CHI4LAC over MIL10PHI over MIA11GSW over ATL13NJN over UTA13Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over MIA.
Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 30

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 47, 21, 17, 18, 22, 8, 21, 30SAS vs TOR · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 26, 19, 19, 0, 9, 27, 14, 30DAL @ BOS · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 19, 11, 8, 6, 25, 10, 25GSW @ ATL · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 24, 33, 14, 36, 33, 41, 15, 25BOS vs DAL · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 18, 30, 20, 15, 20, 19, 24, 24IND vs ORL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 10, 20, 20, 21, 25, 16, 12, 22NJN vs UTA · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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
Donyell MarshallTOR+6.7 19.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Voshon LenardDEN+5.3 20.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.1 11.9 last 10 · 6.8 season
Sam CassellMIN+4.2 23.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.8 21.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−4.3 14.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−3.5 3.0 last 10 · 6.5 season
Quentin RichardsonLAC−3.2 13.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−3.2 16.2 last 10 · 19.4 season