FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 20, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by PHX (vs DEN) and MEM (vs LAL).

Final
UTA103
PHI101
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA -2; Q4 UTA +2
Final
POR87
CHI92
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +5
Final
TOR102
HOU114
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +12
Final
PHX107
DEN105
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +2
Final
WAS103
GSW101
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +2
Final
MEM82
LAL72
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +6; 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 20, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ CHI), 32 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Amar'e Stoudemire scores 32 as Phoenix wins in Denver

Final: 107–105. Amar'e Stoudemire made 11 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1+4+2PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28252826107
DEN32222328105
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 33, 23, 36, 21, 19, 20, 8, 32PHX32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 37, 9, 21, 20, 26, 3, 18, 19, 19PHX19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 34, 18, 2, 14, 19, 24, 13, 23DEN23 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 6, 14, 18, 25, 18, 21, 16, 22DEN22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ LAL

Memphis makes it three straight

Memphis beat Lakers 82–72 and moved to 12–15. Shane Battier led Memphis with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
L@ ORL91–96Wvs NYK96–88W@ ATL97–89L@ MIA84–92Wvs DET72–68Lvs CLE86–92Lvs CHI88–96Wvs NJN89–84W@ LAC92–82W@ LAL82–72MEM: last 10 games through Dec 20, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg40.0Last 5

40.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 51 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg42.0Today

42 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 51

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 36, 14, 22, 40, 31, 24, 54, 51PHI vs UTA · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
51 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 20, 21, 27, 13, 23, 15, 16, 40HOU vs TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 48, 17, 18, 33, 15, 25, 27, 29, 34HOU vs TOR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 33, 23, 36, 21, 19, 20, 8, 32PHX @ DEN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 28, 20, 16, 18, 22, 37, 19, 29WAS @ GSW · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 29, 17, 12, 13, 19, 25, 19, 28UTA @ PHI · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Andre MillerDEN+3.9 18.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Matt HarpringUTA+3.8 16.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+3.6 18.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR+3.5 15.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Allen IversonPHI+3.5 31.7 last 10 · 28.2 season
Cold
Jarvis HayesWAS−4.1 5.6 last 10 · 9.7 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