FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 30, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DET by 6 at halftime and won 89–78.

Final
SEA94
ATL79
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +15
Final
IND96
NJN83
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +13
Final
MIA89
DET78
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +11
Final
SAS114
POR80
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +34
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 30, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (SEA @ MEM), 33 points.
The lead · MIA @ DET

Dwyane Wade posts 31-10-10 as Miami tops Detroit

A triple-double in an 89–78 win.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6-2+11MIA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1724262289
DET202722978
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33, 22, 29, 27, 31MIA31 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27, 25, 24, 31, 21MIA21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 29, 21, 11, 12, 25, 37, 15, 19DET19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ben WallacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6, 8, 8, 13DET13 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · IND @ NJN

Indiana leads New Jersey wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 96–83. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–20. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over DET11IND over NJN13SEA over ATL15SAS over POR34Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
21.82003–04 avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 2003–04 (65 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg32.0Today

32 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 31

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: 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33, 22, 29, 27, 31MIA @ DET · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 39, 33, 25, 20, 21, 16, 24, 31IND @ NJN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 5, 21, 12, 22, 5, 23, 25, 25NJN vs IND · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27, 25, 24, 31, 21MIA @ DET · W
21.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 22, 26, 38, 28, 42, 27, 17, 20NJN vs IND · L
23.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rodney BufordPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 4, 7, 10, 16, 22, 8, 8, 20NJN vs IND · L
7.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+4.9 33.8 last 10 · 28.9 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+4.2 25.6 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+3.7 12.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Darius MilesPOR+3.6 16.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+3.4 15.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerATL−3.8 16.6 last 10 · 20.4 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.7 7.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.5 7.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.1 6.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season