FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 15, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NYK by 16 at halftime and won 94–93.

Final
DEN100
BOS99
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +1
Final
POR88
CLE112
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +24
Final
MIN90
TOR96
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +6
Final
MIA98
WAS93
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +5
Final
CHI96
MEM88
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +8
Final
GSW89
NOH98
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +9
Final
DET94
NYK93
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -16; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +1
Final
ATL69
HOU92
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +23
Final
ORL91
SAS94
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -10; Q4 SAS +3
Final
UTA86
PHX108
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +22
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 15, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN @ BOS), 27 points.
The lead · DET @ NYK

Detroit erases 16-point lead, steals one from New York

New York led 56–40 at halftime. Detroit won the second half 54–37 to take it 94–93. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-16-2+1DET AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2317312394
NYK2828172093
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 19, 8, 21, 19, 19, 24, 18, 29DET29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 20, 10, 10, 7, 13, 16, 22, 18DET18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 23, 41, 17, 8, 10, 31, 30, 25NYK25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 28, 10, 9, 22, 18, 25, 12, 18NYK18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Portland by 24.

DEN over BOS1DET over NYK1SAS over ORL3MIA over WAS5TOR over MIN6CHI over MEM8NOH over GSW9PHX over UTA22HOU over ATL23CLE over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 31

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 23, 20, 16, 26, 6, 22, 33, 31BOS vs DEN · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 18, 4, 15, 20, 25, 12, 18, 30PHX vs UTA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 15, 26, 23, 17, 26, 20, 0, 29MIA @ WAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 19, 8, 21, 19, 19, 24, 18, 29DET @ NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 18, 13, 14, 27, 25, 17, 12, 26WAS vs MIA · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 15, 17, 27, 27, 19, 23, 31, 25CLE vs POR · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 7 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+4.5 18.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Matt HarpringUTA+4.4 16.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Clifford RobinsonGSW+3.4 12.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Andre MillerDEN+3.0 17.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.3 7.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−3.0 7.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Maurice TaylorHOU−2.9 4.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−2.8 7.4 last 10 · 10.2 season