FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 21, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed PHI by 12 at halftime and won 87–84.

Final
ORL104
TOR93
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +11
Final
PHI84
BOS87
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS -12; Q3 BOS -8; Q4 BOS +3
Final
UTA75
DET96
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +21
Final
GSW93
MIA104
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +11
Final
POR98
SAC117
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +19
Final
PHX101
LAL107
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +6
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 21, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Juwan Howard (DEN @ LAC), 30 points.
The lead · PHI @ BOS

Paul Pierce scores 31, Boston rallies past Philadelphia

Boston trailed by 12 at the half and won 87–84.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-12-8+3BOS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1926201984
BOS2310243087
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 14, 36, 33, 41, 15, 25, 19, 31BOS31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jiri WelschPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 9, 17, 8, 13, 8, 21, 14, 22BOS22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 8, 14, 21, 10, 8, 20, 6, 24PHI24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 14, 7, 6, 18PHI18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
31.82002–03 avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 2002–03 (79 games). Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · ORL @ TOR

Orlando upsets Toronto

Orlando (6–21) beat Toronto (14–12) 104–93. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over PHI3LAL over PHX6ORL over TOR11MIA over GSW11SAC over POR19DET over UTA21Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over TOR.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 33

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 14, 18, 14, 23, 32, 22, 21, 33MIA vs GSW · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 14, 36, 33, 41, 15, 25, 19, 31BOS vs PHI · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 13, 24, 30, 22, 17, 11, 25, 31PHX @ LAL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 16, 27, 20, 30, 26, 21, 29, 29ORL @ TOR · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 26, 24, 36, 27, 17, 31, 29SAC vs POR · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 13, 12, 23, 28, 15, 15, 18, 27POR @ SAC · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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
Jiri WelschBOS+6.4 14.0 last 10 · 7.6 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.7 24.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Voshon LenardDEN+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.7 21.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−3.2 3.3 last 10 · 6.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA−3.2 15.5 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jon BarryDEN−2.9 3.7 last 10 · 6.6 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−2.8 13.1 last 10 · 15.9 season