FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 26, 2003Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed HOU by 14 at halftime and won 95–94.

Final
MIA92
WAS84
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CHI87
CLE80
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +7
Final
NJN82
DET79
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +3
Final
NYK98
MEM94
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ATL79
NOH109
Q1 NOH +14; Q2 NOH +16; Q3 NOH +23; Q4 NOH +30
Final
IND96
MIL101
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -10; Q4 MIL +5
Final
ORL83
SAS98
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +15
Final
HOU94
DEN95
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +1
Final
BOS104
PHX102
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -11; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +2
Final · OT
TOR94
UTA97
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
SAC91
GSW98
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +7
Final
PHI98
LAC101
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +3
Final
MIN92
POR101
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +9
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 26, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony scores 37, Denver holds off Houston

Final: 95–94. Carmelo Anthony added 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-8-14-2+1DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2724212294
DEN1918332595
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 15, 25, 21, 14, 24, 12, 15, 37DEN37 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 23, 15, 6, 20, 11, 21, 21, 22DEN22 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 8, 10, 14, 13, 10, 4, 14, 22HOU22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 7, 4, 18, 22, 16, 4, 15, 17HOU17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one Hornets rout

Six of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Orleans beat Atlanta by 30.

DEN over HOU1BOS over PHX2NJN over DET3UTA over TOR3LAC over PHI3NYK over MEM4MIL over IND5CHI over CLE7GSW over SAC7MIA over WAS8POR over MIN9SAS over ORL15NOH over ATL30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 37

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 15, 25, 21, 14, 24, 12, 15, 37DEN vs HOU · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 14, 23, 5, 10, 12, 16, 12, 32NOH vs ATL · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 22, 35, 12, 21, 16, 18, 17, 30TOR @ UTA · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 9, 18, 12, 22, 16, 12, 5, 30CHI @ CLE · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 9, 16, 2, 16, 15, 20, 20, 28NYK @ MEM · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 10, 12, 19, 11, 18, 3, 23, 28SAC @ GSW · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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
LeBron JamesCLE+6.6 26.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.4 18.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.1 12.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.6 21.4 last 10 · 16.8 season
Shawn MarionPHX+4.5 23.3 last 10 · 18.8 season
Cold
Ricky DavisBOS−3.9 10.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Vin BakerBOS−3.9 8.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−3.9 14.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Derek FisherLAL−3.3 3.9 last 10 · 7.2 season