FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 26, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAC by 10 at halftime and won 98–94.

Final
CHA82
NYK91
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +9
Final
NOH91
CLE100
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +9
Final
CHI92
MIL99
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +7
Final
BOS90
SAS107
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +17
Final
WAS74
MIN109
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +35
Final
TOR94
PHX106
Q1 PHX +18; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +12
Final
LAC79
HOU96
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +17
Final
DAL102
DEN88
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +14
Final
GSW98
SAC94
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +4
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 26, 2003: 13 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs HOU), 37 points.
The lead · GSW @ SAC

Golden State climbs out of a 10-point hole against Sacramento

Down 10 at the half, the Warriors won the third quarter 37–24 and the game 98–94. Jason Richardson led Golden State with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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+3-10+3+4GSW AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2115372598
SAC1828242494
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 24, 14, 15, 25, 22, 26, 24, 26GSW26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 17, 20, 25, 11, 17, 15, 19, 19GSW19 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 18, 25, 26, 23, 20, 20, 26, 28SAC28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 12, 12, 19, 16, 21, 26, 19, 18SAC18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Washington by 35, the widest margin of 9 games.

GSW over SAC4MIL over CHI7NYK over CHA9CLE over NOH9PHX over TOR12DAL over DEN14SAS over BOS17HOU over LAC17MIN over WAS35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg18.5Last 3

18.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 39

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 16, 21, 28, 20, 22, 29, 4, 39MIL vs CHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 27, 22, 21, 13, 15, 23, 23, 36DAL @ DEN · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 36, 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33PHX vs TOR · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 18, 25, 26, 23, 20, 20, 26, 28SAC vs GSW · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 5, 18, 13, 10, 21, 18, 19, 27SAS vs BOS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 24, 14, 15, 25, 22, 26, 24, 26GSW @ SAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Allen IversonPHI+4.5 33.2 last 10 · 28.7 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+4.5 20.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+3.6 16.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andre MillerDEN+3.5 18.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+3.4 15.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.3 6.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−3.9 6.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.5 6.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−3.1 4.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.0 8.6 last 10 · 11.6 season