FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 20, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by NYK (vs ATL) and CLE (vs CHI).

Final
ATL92
NYK103
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +11
Final
MEM89
NOH94
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +5
Final
CLE95
CHI87
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +8
Final
LAC115
DAL105
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +10
Final
NJN87
MIL92
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +5
Final
SEA115
DEN106
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +9
Final
IND80
MIN102
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +23; Q3 MIN +29; Q4 MIN +22
Final
HOU87
PHX102
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +15
Final
SAS101
POR91
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +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 20, 2002: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHI), 44 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHI

LeBron James scores 32 as Cleveland wins in Chicago

Final: 95–87. LeBron James made 11 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · CLE 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+2+5-3+8CLE AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2623212595
CHI2420291487
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 8, 18, 23, 37, 27, 17, 36, 32CLE32 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 19, 17, 10, 9, 8, 19, 8, 22CLE22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 22, 28, 26, 9, 18, 12, 22, 16CHI16 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kendall GillPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 8, 15, 10, 18, 8, 29, 12, 14CHI14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Minnesota by 22.

NOH over MEM5MIL over NJN5CLE over CHI8SEA over DEN9LAC over DAL10SAS over POR10NYK over ATL11PHX over HOU15MIN over IND22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg32.6Today

33 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

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: 19, 4, 8, 18, 23, 37, 27, 17, 36, 32CLE @ CHI · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Richie FrahmPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 0, 6, 14, 17, 0, 2, 9, 31SEA @ DEN · W
5.3 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 38, 18, 20, 25, 13, 17, 19, 19, 14, 31DEN vs SEA · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 30, 29, 29POR vs SAS · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 33, 24, 33, 23, 27, 19, 35, 28MIN vs IND · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 47, 21, 17, 18, 22, 8, 21, 30, 27, 26SAS @ POR · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Voshon LenardDEN+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.1 23.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Zach RandolphPOR+4.2 27.6 last 10 · 23.4 season
Cold
Eddie JonesMIA−4.0 14.6 last 10 · 18.6 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
Jon BarryDEN−2.9 3.7 last 10 · 6.6 season