FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 31, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 98–79.

Final
WAS103
BOS108
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +5
Final
SEA103
CHA97
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +6
Final
PHI92
DEN97
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +5
Final
SAC109
UTA102
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +7
Final
SAS98
LAC79
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +19
Final
MIL90
HOU105
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +15
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 31, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Quentin Richardson (LAC vs DEN), 44 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAC

San Antonio rallies from 8 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 8 after one, San Antonio outscored the Clippers 84–57 the rest of the way. Final: 98–79. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-80+8+19SAS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1425312898
LAC2217231779
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 19, 12, 24, 19, 14, 16, 19, 23SAS23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 10, 21, 18, 19, 27, 29, 18, 21SAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Rick BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 5, 3, 18, 7, 5, 7, 17LAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 38, 28, 15, 22, 23, 14, 22, 17LAC17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
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
15.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · PHI @ DEN

Denver takes care of Philadelphia

A 5-point win, 97–92. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over WAS5DEN over PHI5SEA over CHA6SAC over UTA7HOU over MIL15SAS over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over PHI.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 27, 29, 34, 25, 21, 20, 34, 42HOU vs MIL · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 33, 19, 25, 19, 13, 20, 30, 33WAS @ BOS · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 22, 25, 18, 20, 8, 15, 16, 29WAS @ BOS · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 40, 31, 24, 54, 51, 40, 28, 34, 29PHI @ DEN · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 20, 23, 10, 21, 23, 18, 16, 27CHA vs SEA · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 19, 37, 26, 21, 22, 10, 17, 27SEA @ CHA · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 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+6.4 35.3 last 10 · 28.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.2 19.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Darius MilesPOR+3.6 16.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+3.5 19.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+3.4 15.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerATL−3.8 16.6 last 10 · 20.4 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.2 8.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−2.8 6.8 last 10 · 9.6 season