FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 22, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL73
PHI95
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +22
Final
UTA92
CHI80
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +12
Final
MEM99
DEN106
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +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 22, 2002: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ TOR), 31 points.
The lead · MEM @ DEN

Denver beats Memphis, 106–99

Denver led 81–80 after three and won by 7. Voshon Lenard led Denver with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+70+1+7DEN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2230281999
DEN29232925106
Who led
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 25, 13, 17, 19, 19, 14, 31, 24DEN24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 17, 23, 15, 6, 20, 11, 21, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 17, 10, 12, 10, 22, 13, 12, 24MEM24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 5, 19, 8, 10, 16, 12, 10, 20MEM20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · UTA @ CHI

Utah never trails at a break against Chicago

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 92–80. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 26 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MEM7UTA over CHI12PHI over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.2Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 3.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.4Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.3Season avg21Today

21 minutes today, against 3.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Andrei Kirilenko leads the day with 26

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.
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 10, 12, 30, 17, 10, 18, 9, 26UTA @ CHI · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 17, 10, 12, 10, 22, 13, 12, 24MEM @ DEN · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 25, 13, 17, 19, 19, 14, 31, 24DEN vs MEM · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 21, 6, 6, 2, 19, 18, 4, 22PHI vs ORL · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 17, 23, 15, 6, 20, 11, 21, 21DEN vs MEM · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 27, 20, 30, 26, 21, 29, 29, 20ORL @ PHI · L
24.6 PPG season to date · −4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 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
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
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.7 21.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Zach RandolphPOR+4.1 27.6 last 10 · 23.5 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
Manu GinobiliSAS−2.5 10.9 last 10 · 13.4 season