FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 29, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CHI by 12 at halftime and won 90–83.

Final
MEM86
IND94
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +8
Final
NYK114
ORL86
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +28; Q4 NYK +28
Final
NOH99
DET108
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +9
Final
POR91
NJN87
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +4
Final
MIA90
CHI83
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -12; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +7
Final
SEA87
HOU86
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA -3; Q4 SEA +1
Final
PHI97
UTA106
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +9
Final
BOS100
GSW91
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +9
Final
PHX113
LAC105
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +8
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 29, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHI

Miami fights back from 12 down against Chicago

Final: 90–83, after trailing by 12 at the half. Lamar Odom led Miami with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-5-12+1+7MIA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1716302790
CHI2223172183
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 19, 17, 9, 11, 10, 17, 25, 25MIA25 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 4, 8, 8, 12, 6, 14, 4, 18MIA18 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 21, 6, 10, 11, 17, 12, 5, 16CHI16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 5, 10, 11, 10, 10, 12, 11, 14CHI14 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New York posts the night's biggest win

New York beat Orlando by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

SEA over HOU1POR over NJN4MIA over CHI7IND over MEM8PHX over LAC8DET over NOH9UTA over PHI9BOS over GSW9NYK over ORL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg21.6Last 3

21.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg34.6Today

35 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 40

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 17, 11, 25, 31, 17, 18, 17, 40PHX @ LAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 12, 14, 13, 19, 7, 15, 19, 31DET vs NOH · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 3 games: 24, 15, 28SEA @ HOU · W
22.3 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 13, 17, 16, 26, 19, 18, 14, 26LAC vs PHX · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 19, 17, 9, 11, 10, 17, 25, 25MIA @ CHI · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 2, 19, 18, 4, 22, 21, 23, 25PHI @ UTA · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 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
LeBron JamesCLE+7.6 27.8 last 10 · 20.2 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.0 18.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Jiri WelschBOS+4.6 12.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.5 21.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Marcus CambyDEN+4.0 11.3 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Ricky DavisBOS−4.3 9.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.6 10.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.3 7.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Vin BakerBOS−3.1 9.6 last 10 · 12.7 season