FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 3, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CHI by 13 at halftime and won 88–77.

Final
PHI83
SAS77
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +6
Final
SAC116
LAC109
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +7
Final
GSW93
DET99
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +6
Final
NOH84
IND91
Q1 IND +19; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +7
Final
ORL103
MEM112
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +11; Q3 MEM +20; Q4 MEM +9
Final
BOS88
CHI77
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -13; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +11
Final
MIN112
DAL119
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +7
Final
UTA63
HOU84
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +21
Final
ATL84
DEN76
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +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 · 2002–03Jan 3, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ NOH), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHI

Paul Pierce scores 33, Boston rallies past Chicago

Boston trailed by 13 at the half and won 88–77.

Game flow · BOS 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+1-13-1+11BOS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS229273088
CHI2123151877
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 31, 15, 27, 24, 21, 14, 18, 33BOS33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 3, 13, 10, 2, 8, 15, 15, 18BOS18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 12, 5, 30, 42, 8, 13, 28, 16CHI16 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 12, 15, 2, 9, 14, 12, 7, 9CHI9 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Houston by 21.

PHI over SAS6DET over GSW6SAC over LAC7IND over NOH7DAL over MIN7ATL over DEN8MEM over ORL9BOS over CHI11HOU over UTA21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg35.2Today

35 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 35

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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 23, 25, 27, 21, 19, 29, 22, 35NOH @ IND · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 29, 29, 20, 41, 24, 0, 22, 34ORL @ MEM · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 26, 18, 31, 23, 20, 21, 15, 34MIN @ DAL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 31, 15, 27, 24, 21, 14, 18, 33BOS @ CHI · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 15, 23, 6, 31, 18, 20, 23, 31DAL vs MIN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28, 18, 27MIN @ DAL · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 22 REB · 7 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+5.4 25.4 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.2 13.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+4.3 17.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.0 12.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Antawn JamisonDAL+3.9 19.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−4.9 7.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jason TerryATL−4.7 11.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.2 12.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Ricky DavisBOS−3.8 9.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season