FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 21, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BOS by 1 at halftime and won 108–100.

Final
NJN94
CHA91
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +3
Final
MIN97
CLE107
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +10
Final
BOS100
MIA108
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +8
Final
DAL123
NYK94
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +39; Q3 DAL +37; Q4 DAL +29
Final
WAS93
SAC104
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +11
Final · OT
NOH91
LAC100
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +9
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 21, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs GSW), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIA

Dwyane Wade scores 33 in Miami win over Boston

Final: 108–100. Dwyane Wade added 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-1+6+8MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS33272119100
MIA33262821108
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 17, 26, 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33MIA33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 20, 11, 17, 9, 4, 8, 10, 18MIA18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 26, 6, 22, 33, 31, 13, 34, 25BOS25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 10, 7, 8, 0, 11, 5, 11, 8, 15BOS15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NJN @ CHA

New Jersey holds off Charlotte, 94–91

New Jersey led 71–65 after three and held on to win by three. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over CHA3MIA over BOS8LAC over NOH9CLE over MIN10SAC over WAS11DAL over NYK29Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg12.9Last 3

12.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 33

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 17, 26, 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33MIA vs BOS · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 15, 16, 15, 22, 8, 10, 14, 30LAC vs NOH · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 26, 27, 24, 21, 22, 26, 38, 28NJN @ CHA · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 12, 13, 6, 13, 16, 12, 13, 26DAL @ NYK · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 32, 19, 35, 16, 19, 23, 28, 26MIN @ CLE · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 27, 19, 23, 31, 25, 11, 31, 26CLE vs MIN · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 12 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
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−4.1 5.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−3.5 9.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−3.1 5.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−3.0 7.8 last 10 · 10.8 season