FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 30, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 6 after the first quarter and won 92–89.

Final
IND92
CLE89
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +3
Final
ATL83
WAS73
Q1 ATL +16; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +10
Final
MIA73
NYK102
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +26; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +29
Final
SEA105
MEM99
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA -2; Q4 SEA +6
Final
CHI93
MIN98
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +5
Final
MIL92
DAL101
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +9
Final
TOR81
DEN74
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +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 30, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs MIL), 40 points.
The lead · IND @ CLE

Indiana holds off Cleveland, 92–89

Indiana led 76–65 after three and held on to win by three. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-4+11+3IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2221331692
CLE2819182489
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 24, 19, 16, 21, 27, 13, 20, 21IND21 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 18, 22, 8, 21, 18, 3, 18, 18IND18 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 17, 36, 32, 22, 34, 18, 32, 22CLE22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 5, 12, 11, 17, 18, 10, 10, 17CLE17 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · TOR @ DEN

Toronto beats Denver, 81–74

Toronto led 67–63 after three and won by 7. Alvin Williams led Toronto with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over CLE3MIN over CHI5SEA over MEM6TOR over DEN7DAL over MIL9ATL over WAS10NYK over MIA29Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over DEN.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis 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.
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 27, 19, 7, 17, 22, 16, 13, 33SEA @ MEM · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 13, 12, 24, 23, 20, 10, 20, 32MEM vs SEA · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 27, 19, 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28MIN vs CHI · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 14, 14, 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27MIN vs CHI · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 16, 16, 21, 20, 25, 7, 20, 25ATL @ WAS · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 27, 22, 6, 17, 18, 26, 22, 25MIL @ DAL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 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+7.5 27.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.2 18.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jiri WelschBOS+4.6 12.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Ricky DavisBOS−4.3 9.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Mike MillerMEM−4.3 6.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.5 10.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Flip MurraySEA−3.4 14.0 last 10 · 17.4 season