FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 28, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 14 after the first quarter and won 103–79.

Final
TOR94
LAC88
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +6
Final
POR74
CLE86
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +12
Final
UTA89
SAC98
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +9
Final
MIL74
SAS89
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +15
Final
PHI92
PHX100
Q1 PHX +16; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +8
Final
GSW79
DEN103
Q1 DEN -14; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +24
Final
BOS82
LAL105
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +23
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 28, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DEN), 39 points.
The lead · GSW @ DEN

Denver climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 14 after one. Denver won it 103–79. Marcus Camby led Denver with 17 points, 5 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14+3+18+24DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2621181479
DEN12383320103
Who led
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 16, 12, 14, 15, 6, 5, 6, 17DEN17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 4, 12, 7, 10, 13, 12, 4, 13DEN13 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 9, 5, 26, 22, 13, 17, 12, 25, 14GSW14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 12, 13, 12, 8, 17, 13, 15, 12GSW12 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · POR @ CLE

Cleveland takes care of Portland

A 12-point win, 86–74. LeBron James led Cleveland with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over LAC6PHX over PHI8SAC over UTA9CLE over POR12SAS over MIL15LAL over BOS23DEN over GSW24Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Peja Stojakovic 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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 36, 27, 17, 31, 29, 41, 16, 37SAC vs UTA · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 27, 17, 36, 32, 22, 34, 18, 32CLE vs POR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 32, 19, 20, 25, 23, 19, 25, 26PHX vs PHI · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 16, 7, 4, 14, 7, 16, 11, 25SAS vs MIL · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 36, 33, 41, 15, 25, 19, 31, 15, 27, 24BOS @ LAL · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 6, 2, 19, 18, 4, 22, 21, 23PHI @ PHX · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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+7.6 27.8 last 10 · 20.2 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.0 12.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.0 18.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.6 21.4 last 10 · 16.8 season
Shawn MarionPHX+4.1 23.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Ricky DavisBOS−4.4 9.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.6 10.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−3.6 15.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Vin BakerBOS−3.4 9.4 last 10 · 12.8 season