FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 22, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NYK by 11 after the first quarter and won 114–109.

Final
NYK109
BOS114
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
PHI102
IND90
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +12
Final
SAS87
ORL93
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +6
Final
UTA86
TOR98
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +12
Final
DAL100
ATL113
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +13
Final
CHI89
DET82
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +7
Final
CLE90
NJN92
Q1 NJN -10; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +2
Final
POR104
MIL95
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +9
Final
CHA90
HOU87
Q1 CHA -7; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +3
Final
MEM99
GSW109
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +10
Final
DEN83
SEA98
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +15; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +15
Final
NOH89
LAL101
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
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 22, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Andrei Kirilenko (UTA @ CHI), 26 points.
The lead · NYK @ BOS

Boston climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 11 after one. Boston won it 114–109. Mark Blount led Boston with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-11-8-4+5BOS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK34242625109
BOS23273034114
Who led
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 14, 11, 14, 13, 18, 2, 12, 22BOS22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 6, 22, 33, 31, 13, 34, 25, 21BOS21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 10, 31, 30, 25, 14, 24, 7, 25NYK25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 20, 8, 8, 8, 7, 8, 14, 22NYK22 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.2Season avg40.0Last 5

40.0 points a game over his last five games, against 28.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg9.5Last 3

9.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.3Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 3.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · CLE @ NJN

New Jersey fights back from 10 down against Cleveland

Final: 92–90, after trailing by 10 after one. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 42 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NJN vs CLE
Richard Jefferson · NJNLeBron James · CLEPTS4223REB69AST79Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Richard Jefferson leads the day with 42

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: 14, 26, 27, 24, 21, 22, 26, 38, 28, 42NJN vs CLE · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 36, 14, 22, 40, 31, 24, 54, 51, 40PHI @ IND · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 24, 12, 8, 9, 15, 16, 16, 32DET vs CHI · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 7, 14, 5, 5, 11, 23, 5, 30LAL vs NOH · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 8 games: 23, 32, 17, 13, 19, 12, 4, 30IND vs PHI · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 17, 12, 13, 19, 25, 19, 28, 29UTA @ TOR · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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+4.7 19.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+4.5 33.2 last 10 · 28.7 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+4.0 27.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+3.8 16.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+3.6 18.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−4.1 5.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−3.9 6.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.2 8.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−3.1 4.9 last 10 · 8.0 season