FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 31, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed GSW by 7 after the first quarter and won 88–70.

Final
NOH96
BOS94
Q1 NOH -5; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +2
Final
POR71
DET78
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +7
Final
GSW70
NJN88
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +18
Final
DEN104
LAC120
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +16
Final
PHI72
HOU80
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +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 31, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ WAS), 35 points.
The lead · GSW @ NJN

Golden State's skid reaches three

New Jersey won 88–70; the Warriors fall to 14–16. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+2+15+18NJN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2318151470
NJN1627281788
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 10, 18, 18, 24, 16, 13, 23NJN23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 22, 22, 14, 16, 11, 23, 19, 17NJN17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 26, 22, 13, 17, 12, 25, 14, 17, 16GSW16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 2, 11, 15, 17, 8, 9, 12, 15GSW15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NOH @ BOS

New Orleans takes over late to edge Boston

Down 1 after three, New Orleans won the fourth 27–24. Final: 96–94. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over BOS2DET over POR7HOU over PHI8LAC over DEN16NJN over GSW18Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Quentin Richardson leads the day with 44

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.
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 2, 20, 25, 10, 22, 16, 24, 44LAC vs DEN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 16, 25, 23, 25, 27, 21, 19, 29NOH @ BOS · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 10, 18, 18, 24, 16, 13, 23NJN vs GSW · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 14, 13, 19, 7, 15, 19, 31, 22DET vs POR · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 5, 10, 12, 16, 12, 32, 22, 22NOH @ BOS · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 12, 21, 14, 12, 18, 12, 15, 21HOU vs PHI · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 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+7.5 27.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.2 18.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.2 13.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Mike MillerMEM−4.3 6.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ricky DavisBOS−4.2 9.6 last 10 · 13.8 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