FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 23, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 109–107.

Final
MIN82
SAS96
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +14
Final
MEM102
PHX109
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +7
Final
MIA109
SAC107
Q1 MIA -13; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +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 23, 2003: 12 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC vs MEM), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Miami rallies from 13 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 13 after one, Miami outscored the Kings 88–73 the rest of the way. Final: 109–107. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 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 Q3Final0-13-5-2+2MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA21312928109
SAC34232624107
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 18, 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27, 25MIA25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 26, 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33, 22MIA22 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 29, 18, 25, 26, 23, 20, 20, 26SAC26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 7, 21, 21, 27, 17, 16, 24, 21SAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio turns it around against Minnesota

From 8 down at the half to a 14-point win: 96–82. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs MIN
Manu Ginobili · SASWally Szczerbiak · MINPTS2222REB54AST00Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
10.8Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 26.6 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 30

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 23, 36, 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30PHX vs MEM · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 19, 20, 19, 16, 22, 36, 12, 29PHX vs MEM · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 29, 18, 25, 26, 23, 20, 20, 26SAC vs MIA · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 18, 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27, 25MIA @ SAC · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 26, 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33, 22MIA @ SAC · W
23.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 8, 16, 12, 12, 14, 10, 8, 22MEM @ PHX · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 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+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
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.0 18.9 last 10 · 14.9 season
Damon JonesMIA+3.8 15.5 last 10 · 11.7 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