FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 17, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SEA by 16 after the first quarter and won 112–110.

Final
TOR86
IND89
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +3
Final · OT
NYK113
PHI107
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK -15; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +6
Final
POR100
ATL84
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +16
Final
UTA106
BOS114
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +8
Final
NJN84
MEM89
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +5
Final
DEN100
MIA107
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +7
Final
LAC86
MIN113
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +27
Final
SAS83
NOH67
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +16
Final
GSW83
HOU100
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +17
Final · OT
WAS120
LAL116
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final
PHX112
SEA110
Q1 PHX -16; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +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 17, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs TOR), 30 points.
The lead · PHX @ SEA

Phoenix storms back from 16 down to beat Seattle

The Suns trailed by 16 after one and won 112–110. Joe Johnson led Phoenix with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-16-2-3+2PHX AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX21342334112
SEA37202429110
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 4, 15, 20, 25, 12, 18, 30, 24PHX24 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 21, 16, 23, 19, 20, 19, 16, 22PHX22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 21, 38, 14, 29, 22, 16, 26, 32SEA32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 29, 23, 20, 16, 25, 19, 37, 26SEA26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Clippers by 27, the widest margin of 11 games.

PHX over SEA2IND over TOR3WAS over LAL4MEM over NJN5NYK over PHI6MIA over DEN7BOS over UTA8POR over ATL16SAS over NOH16HOU over GSW17MIN over LAC27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 16 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
24.72003–04 avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 2003–04 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg43.3Today

43 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas 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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 13, 34, 28, 20, 16, 18, 22, 37WAS @ LAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 28, 10, 20, 37, 23, 35, 31, 36LAL vs WAS · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 15, 19, 18, 15, 18, 15, 12, 19, 33WAS @ LAL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 21, 38, 14, 29, 22, 16, 26, 32SEA vs PHX · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 12, 18, 12, 10, 10, 28, 15, 29MIN vs LAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 22, 32, 19, 35, 16, 19, 23, 28MIN vs LAC · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 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
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.1 18.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Matt HarpringUTA+4.0 16.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
David HarrisonIND+3.2 10.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Clifford RobinsonGSW+3.1 11.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.7 7.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.5 6.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−2.9 7.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−2.9 18.9 last 10 · 21.8 season