FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 16, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 10 at halftime and won 81–69.

Final
CLE69
DET81
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +12
Final
MIL77
CHI85
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +8
Final
LAL115
SAC99
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +16
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 16, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Larry Hughes (WAS vs UTA), 38 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Detroit rallies from 10 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 10 at the half, Detroit outscored the Cavaliers 50–28 the rest of the way. Final: 81–69. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-4-10+5+12DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE231862269
DET1912212981
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 8, 21, 19, 19, 24, 18, 29, 21DET21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 18, 9, 24, 12, 8, 9, 15, 16DET16 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 10, 27, 16, 12, 28, 11, 15, 18CLE18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 15, 10, 16, 15, 11, 18, 18, 14CLE14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Milwaukee's skid reaches three

Chicago won 85–77; the Bucks fall to 6–14. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · MIL
Wvs DET96–90Lvs LAL90–95L@ BOS100–101Lvs SAS83–104W@ IND89–86Lvs MIA96–101Wvs IND95–86L@ PHI101–107Lvs SAC86–89L@ CHI77–85MIL: last 10 games through Dec 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
21.22003–04 avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 2003–04 (68 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 27.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg11.2Last 5

11.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 20, 28, 10, 20, 37, 23, 35, 31LAL @ SAC · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 15, 8, 15, 12, 19, 12, 15, 28CHI vs MIL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 16, 7, 13, 19, 19, 15, 8, 22LAL @ SAC · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 29, 8, 23, 15, 28, 16, 21, 28, 20, 22MIL @ CHI · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 8, 21, 19, 19, 24, 18, 29, 21DET vs CLE · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 19, 12, 10, 16, 19, 9, 3, 20SAC vs LAL · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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