FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 8, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed UTA by 8 after the first quarter and won 106–100.

Final
MIN119
PHI84
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +35
Final
DEN111
WAS105
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +6
Final
MEM97
ATL89
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +8
Final · OT
TOR86
DET90
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +4
Final
MIA101
MIL96
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +5
Final
NYK86
NOH79
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CLE85
CHI113
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +28
Final
SEA102
SAS96
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +6
Final
ORL106
UTA100
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +6
Final
PHX113
LAL110
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +3
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 8, 2003: 4 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX @ ORL), 29 points.
The lead · ORL @ UTA

Orlando rallies from 8 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 8 after one, Orlando outscored the Jazz 80–66 the rest of the way. Final: 106–100. Cuttino Mobley led Orlando with 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2+3+6ORL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL26293120106
UTA34232617100
Who led
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 9 games: 12, 13, 23, 7, 16, 34, 11, 17, 26ORL26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 29, 26, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 20ORL20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 18, 15, 6, 27, 36, 8, 11, 29UTA29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 9, 8, 15, 19, 15, 22, 12, 16UTA16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Philadelphia by 35, the widest margin of 10 games.

PHX over LAL3DET over TOR4MIA over MIL5DEN over WAS6SEA over SAS6ORL over UTA6NYK over NOH7MEM over ATL8CHI over CLE28MIN over PHI35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 12 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 39

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 23, 12, 20, 24, 18, 20, 12, 39SAS vs SEA · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 17, 6, 20, 14, 10, 10, 29, 34DEN @ WAS · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 22, 20, 24, 36, 26, 15, 22, 31ATL vs MEM · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 18, 15, 6, 27, 36, 8, 11, 29UTA vs ORL · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 24, 20, 19, 19, 21, 38, 14, 29SEA @ SAS · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 7, 26, 23, 27, 30, 13, 34, 28WAS vs DEN · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Josh HowardDAL+2.2 13.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Mike MillerMEM+2.2 14.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Tony ParkerSAS+1.8 15.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Udonis HaslemMIA+0.8 12.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Earl WatsonMEM+0.5 9.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Manu GinobiliSAS−2.8 12.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Brent BarrySAS−2.4 4.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Rafer AlstonTOR−2.3 11.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Rasho NesterovicSAS−2.1 3.9 last 10 · 6.0 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−2.1 12.0 last 10 · 14.1 season