FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 19, 2004Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ORL by 9 at halftime and won 117–107.

Final
UTA93
NYK94
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +1
Final
NJN99
TOR110
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +11
Final
ORL107
MIA117
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -9; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +10
Final
NOH71
SAC107
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +32; Q4 SAC +36
Final
MEM92
LAC82
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +10
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 19, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ PHI), 36 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Miami climbs out of a 9-point hole against Orlando

Down 9 at the half, the Heat won the third quarter 32–23 and the game 117–107. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final00-90+10MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL30332321107
MIA30243231117
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 21, 18, 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27MIA27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 9, 5, 5, 3, 14, 9, 16, 25MIA25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 23, 20, 36, 27, 18, 20, 12, 31ORL31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 11, 17, 26, 15, 13, 15, 21, 19, 22ORL22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 22 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · UTA @ NYK

New York leads Utah wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 94–93. Best quarter: the fourth, 29–30. Jamal Crawford led New York with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over UTA1MIA over ORL10MEM over LAC10TOR over NJN11SAC over NOH36Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over UTA.
Top performances

Richard Jefferson leads the day with 38

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.
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 14, 26, 27, 24, 21, 22, 26, 38NJN @ TOR · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 23, 20, 36, 27, 18, 20, 12, 31ORL @ MIA · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 21, 18, 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27MIA vs ORL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 9, 5, 5, 3, 14, 9, 16, 25MIA vs ORL · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 41, 17, 8, 10, 31, 30, 25, 14, 24NYK vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 23, 17, 26, 20, 0, 29, 25, 22MIA vs ORL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 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
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.0 18.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Matt HarpringUTA+3.8 16.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.2 18.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+3.0 15.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.9 6.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.9 7.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−3.5 9.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−3.1 5.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−3.0 7.8 last 10 · 10.8 season