FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 19, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DET by 11 at halftime and won 80–75.

Final
GSW93
ORL119
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +26
Final
CLE88
PHI81
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +7
Final · OT
NYK99
TOR105
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +6
Final
SAC98
ATL86
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +12
Final
UTA99
BOS96
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +3
Final
WAS87
NJN97
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +14; Q4 NJN +10
Final
DET75
IND80
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +5
Final
MIA83
MEM97
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +14
Final
LAC85
HOU99
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +14
Final
DEN99
LAL101
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +2
Final
SAS87
SEA73
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +14
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 19, 2002: 2 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (NJN vs LAL), 27 points.
The lead · DET @ IND

Indiana climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 11 at the half. Indiana won it 80–75. Metta World Peace led Indiana with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-11-9+5IND AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2618121975
IND1914143380
Who led
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 21, 9, 16, 17, 23, 16, 18, 22IND22 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 30, 20, 15, 20, 19, 24, 24, 19IND19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 24, 16, 11, 29, 11, 12, 14, 13DET13 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ben WallacePoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 6, 10, 7, 6, 10, 14, 7, 12DET12 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.0Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
21.32002–03 avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 2002–03 (71 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Golden State by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

LAL over DEN2UTA over BOS3IND over DET5TOR over NYK6CLE over PHI7NJN over WAS10SAC over ATL12MEM over MIA14HOU over LAC14SAS over SEA14ORL over GSW26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 4, 8, 18, 23, 37, 27, 17, 36CLE @ PHI · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 18, 20, 24, 13, 15, 39, 16, 33NYK @ TOR · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 18, 27, 26, 24, 36, 27, 17, 31SAC @ ATL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 27, 16, 27, 20, 30, 26, 21, 29ORL vs GSW · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 47, 21, 17, 18, 22, 8, 21, 30, 27SAS @ SEA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 23, 15, 25, 19, 18, 25, 22, 26LAL vs DEN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 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+7.3 20.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.5 12.6 last 10 · 7.1 season
Sam CassellMIN+4.2 24.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Voshon LenardDEN+4.1 19.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Zach RandolphPOR+4.0 27.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Cold
Eddie JonesMIA−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−3.8 14.5 last 10 · 18.3 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−3.3 3.3 last 10 · 6.6 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−3.1 16.0 last 10 · 19.1 season