FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 10, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by MIN (vs SAC) and ORL (vs GSW).

Final
DEN101
TOR87
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +23; Q4 DEN +14
Final
NYK104
WAS106
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +2
Final
MEM84
MIA92
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +8
Final · OT
NOH91
NJN94
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +3
Final
PHI93
CHI88
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +5
Final
ATL88
DET72
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +16
Final
SAC105
MIN113
Q1 MIN -10; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN +8
Final
IND86
MIL95
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +9
Final
CHA106
PHX115
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +9
Final
ORL113
GSW109
Q1 ORL -10; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +4
Final · OT
POR87
UTA92
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
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 10, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL @ LAC), 38 points.
The lead · ORL @ GSW

Steve Francis scores 36, Orlando rallies past Golden State

Orlando trailed by 10 after one and won 113–109.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-10+4ORL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL24402029113
GSW34311925109
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 26, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 20, 36ORL36 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Tony BattiePoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 3, 2, 8, 4, 3, 0, 0, 16ORL16 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 17, 17, 21, 22, 19, 17, 32, 27GSW27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 2, 20, 7, 14, 10, 10, 24, 22GSW22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

WAS over NYK2NJN over NOH3ORL over GSW4PHI over CHI5UTA over POR5MIA over MEM8MIN over SAC8MIL over IND9PHX over CHA9DEN over TOR14ATL over DET16Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
10.02003–04 avg24.0Last 3

24.0 points a game over his last three games, against 10.0 in 2003–04 (80 games). Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
36.72003–04 avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.7 in 2003–04 (67 games). Today: 8 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg43.9Today

44 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 36

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 14, 29, 21, 28, 19, 33, 23, 36PHX vs CHA · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 26, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 20, 36ORL @ GSW · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 26, 28, 17, 23, 22, 32, 19, 35MIN vs SAC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 18 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 9, 24, 8, 14, 28, 28, 23, 28DEN @ TOR · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 17, 17, 21, 22, 19, 17, 32, 27GSW vs ORL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 17, 25, 22, 15, 26, 23, 17, 26MIA vs MEM · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 9 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
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Mike MillerMEM+3.3 15.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+2.1 13.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Josh HowardDAL+1.9 13.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+1.2 8.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cold
Raja BellUTA−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brent BarrySAS−3.2 3.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−2.6 8.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Rasho NesterovicSAS−2.5 3.4 last 10 · 5.9 season
Chris BoshTOR−2.4 10.1 last 10 · 12.5 season