FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 14, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by IND (vs ATL) and PHI (vs DEN).

Final · OT
NOH93
CHA94
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +1
Final
DEN102
PHI110
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +8
Final · OT
IND108
ATL97
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -10; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +11
Final
NYK87
NJN79
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +8
Final
SAC89
MIL86
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC -7; Q4 SAC +3
Final
POR89
MIN100
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +11
Final
GSW111
DAL107
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +4
Final
LAC91
UTA93
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +2
Final
LAL93
SEA108
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +15
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 14, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK vs WAS), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHI

Allen Iverson posts 31 and 10 as Philadelphia beats Denver

31 points and 10 rebounds in a 110–102 win.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final00-10-5+8PHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN27292521102
PHI27193034110
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 14, 25, 20, 36, 14, 22, 40, 31PHI31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 1, 12, 8, 2, 7, 4, 5, 17PHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 8, 14, 28, 28, 23, 28, 26, 29DEN29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 10, 6, 12, 23, 6, 14, 18, 25DEN25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
35.92003–04 avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.9 in 2003–04 (50 games). Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 23.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Seattle by 15.

CHA over NOH1UTA over LAC2SAC over MIL3GSW over DAL4PHI over DEN8NYK over NJN8IND over ATL11MIN over POR11SEA over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis leads the day with 37

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.
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 22, 29, 23, 20, 16, 25, 19, 37SEA vs LAL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 40, 20, 20, 28, 10, 20, 37, 23, 35LAL @ SEA · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 14, 25, 20, 36, 14, 22, 40, 31PHI vs DEN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 9, 23, 41, 17, 8, 10, 31, 30NYK @ NJN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 8, 14, 28, 28, 23, 28, 26, 29DEN @ PHI · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 13, 29, 20, 16, 22, 21, 18, 29IND @ ATL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+5.7 20.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Clifford RobinsonGSW+3.6 12.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+3.0 22.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Mike MillerMEM+2.8 14.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.3 7.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Brent BarrySAS−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−3.6 19.1 last 10 · 22.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−3.1 7.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.9 10.5 last 10 · 13.4 season