FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 7, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed GSW by 8 after the first quarter and won 118–104.

Final
NJN97
CLE103
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +6
Final
MIL89
IND86
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +3
Final
NYK88
MEM96
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +8
Final
DAL97
MIN87
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +10
Final
NOH81
HOU89
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +8
Final
GSW104
PHX118
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +14
Final
CHA92
SAC109
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +17
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 7, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ DEN), 33 points.
The lead · GSW @ PHX

Amar'e Stoudemire posts 33 and 11 as Phoenix beats Golden State

33 points and 11 rebounds in a 118–104 win.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-8-5-4+14PHX AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW37302017104
PHX29332135118
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 21, 16, 14, 29, 21, 28, 19, 33PHX33 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 15, 22, 4, 20, 21, 22, 10, 26PHX26 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 26, 17, 17, 21, 22, 19, 17, 32GSW32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 3, 5, 2, 20, 7, 14, 10, 10, 24GSW24 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.5points, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
10.02003–04 avg27.5Last 2

27.5 points a game over his last two games, against 10.0 in 2003–04 (80 games). Today: 32 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
36.72003–04 avg20.3Last 2

20.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.7 in 2003–04 (67 games). Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg32.8Today

33 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Sacramento by 17.

MIL over IND3CLE over NJN6MEM over NYK8HOU over NOH8DAL over MIN10PHX over GSW14SAC over CHA17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 23, 23, 32, 21, 53, 30, 27, 34DAL @ MIN · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 21, 16, 14, 29, 21, 28, 19, 33PHX vs GSW · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 16, 23, 26, 28, 17, 23, 22, 32MIN vs DAL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 26, 17, 17, 21, 22, 19, 17, 32GSW @ PHX · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 2 games: 23, 32IND vs MIL · L
27.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 22, 26, 22, 29, 20, 10, 27, 30SAC vs CHA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST