FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 1, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed GSW by 6 after three quarters and won 107–99.

Final
MIL100
BOS101
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +1
Final
TOR108
ORL129
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +27; Q4 ORL +21
Final
NJN68
WAS95
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +27
Final
MEM82
NYK90
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +8
Final
SAC94
NOH81
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +13
Final
LAL84
CHI92
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
PHI72
SAS105
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +33
Final
CLE101
PHX120
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +19
Final · OT
UTA119
SEA129
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +10
Final
MIN107
GSW99
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN +8
Final
IND76
LAC88
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +12
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 · 2003–04Dec 1, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND @ PHX), 32 points.
The lead · MIN @ GSW

Minnesota makes it three straight

Minnesota beat Golden State 107–99 and moved to 9–5. Sam Cassell led Minnesota with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3-6+8MIN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN29222729107
GSW2727301599
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 3, 20, 16, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26MIN26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 8, 11, 9, 16, 18, 12, 15, 20MIN20 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 15, 22, 7, 17, 27, 13, 17, 25GSW25 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 27, 27, 27, 13, 26, 17, 17, 21GSW21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Philadelphia by 33, the widest margin of 11 games.

BOS over MIL1NYK over MEM8CHI over LAL8MIN over GSW8SEA over UTA10LAC over IND12SAC over NOH13PHX over CLE19ORL over TOR21WAS over NJN27SAS over PHI33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, today vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
3.82003–04 avg12Today

12 points today in 16 minutes, against 3.8 a game in 2003–04 (45 games).

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 12 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 38

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 24, 21, 24, 20, 19, 19, 21, 38SEA vs UTA · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 25, 20, 8, 18, 15, 6, 27, 36UTA @ SEA · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 25, 20, 25, 7, 26, 23, 27, 30WAS vs NJN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 23, 29, 29, 30, 40, 20, 20, 28LAL @ CHI · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 14, 19, 17, 17, 17, 25, 30, 27LAC vs IND · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 3, 20, 16, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26MIN @ GSW · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST