FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 9, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAS by 4 after three quarters and won 81–80.

Final
SAS80
HOU81
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +1
Final
SEA107
DAL102
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +5
Final
BOS87
POR89
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +2
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 9, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN vs GSW), 33 points.
The lead · SAS @ HOU

Tracy McGrady scores 33, Houston holds off San Antonio

Final: 81–80. Tracy McGrady added 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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+6+4-4+1HOU AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1222242280
HOU1820162781
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 25, 17, 14, 16, 48, 17, 18, 33HOU33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 29, 9, 8, 19, 13, 20, 21, 27HOU27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 12, 20, 24, 18, 20, 12, 39, 26SAS26 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Devin BrownPoints, last 10 games: 1, 3, 14, 16, 24, 5, 13, 14, 4, 20SAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ POR

Portland holds off Boston, 89–87

Portland led 66–65 after three and held on to win by two. Zach Randolph led Portland with 22 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over SAS1POR over BOS2SEA over DAL5Final margin, points. Pink = POR over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.7Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.6Season avg24.4Today

24 minutes today, against 5.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 33

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 25, 17, 14, 16, 48, 17, 18, 33HOU vs SAS · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 29, 9, 8, 19, 13, 20, 21, 27HOU vs SAS · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 23, 32, 21, 53, 30, 27, 34, 27DAL vs SEA · L
27.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 12, 20, 24, 18, 20, 12, 39, 26SAS @ HOU · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 27, 9, 22, 29, 23, 20, 16, 25SEA @ DAL · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 24, 27, 16, 23, 19, 16, 24, 22POR vs BOS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 17 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
Mike MillerMEM+2.2 14.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Josh HowardDAL+1.9 13.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Luke RidnourSEA+0.9 10.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tony ParkerSAS+0.9 14.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Udonis HaslemMIA+0.8 12.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Brent BarrySAS−3.2 3.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Rasho NesterovicSAS−2.5 3.4 last 10 · 5.9 season
Rafer AlstonTOR−2.3 11.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Maurice TaylorHOU−2.0 5.7 last 10 · 7.8 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−2.0 13.0 last 10 · 15.0 season