FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 18, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHX by 2 after three quarters and won 101–94.

Final
DAL109
MIN114
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +5
Final
SAC101
NOH90
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +11
Final
PHX94
POR101
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +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 18, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MIN), 41 points.
The lead · PHX @ POR

Portland gets past Phoenix

101–94, with Portland ahead 51–49 at halftime. Zach Randolph led Portland with 29 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+2-2+7POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2128232294
POR27241931101
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 34, 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 30, 29POR29 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 17, 17, 13, 12, 23, 28, 15, 15POR15 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 25, 29, 27, 31, 12, 32, 19, 20PHX20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 0, 6, 14, 11, 13, 19, 10, 17PHX17 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ MIN

Minnesota leads Dallas wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 114–109. Best quarter: the second, 30–26. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 35 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over DAL5POR over PHX7SAC over NOH11Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg28.3Last 3

28.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett 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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 16, 33, 24, 33, 23, 27, 19, 35MIN vs DAL · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 34, 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 30, 29POR vs PHX · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 14, 30, 9, 6, 23, 23, 14, 27DAL @ MIN · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 26, 24, 17, 25, 27, 25, 26MIN vs DAL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 16, 19, 18, 29, 27, 16, 25, 23NOH vs SAC · L
23.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 21, 15, 18, 10, 6, 23, 21, 22DAL @ MIN · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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 24.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Zach RandolphPOR+4.0 27.1 last 10 · 23.1 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