FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 4, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed CHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 83–82.

Final · Box score
Bulls82
Sixers83
Q1 PHI -11; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +1
Final · Box score
Lakers114
Mavs103
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +11
On this day · 2002–03Dec 4, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (Sonics-Pacers), 40 points.
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The lead · Bulls-Sixers

Allen Iverson scores 35, Philadelphia holds off Chicago

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 25 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-8+2+1PHI AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2618162282
Sixers1521262183
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 24, 27, 28, 30, 12, 50, 35, 35PHI35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 6, 4, 6, 8, 4, 2, 3, 13PHI13 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 5, 5, 23, 19, 16, 12, 30, 22CHI22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 13, 10, 11, 18, 9, 19, 22, 16CHI16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Lakers-Mavs

Lakers lead Dallas wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 114–103. Best quarter: the fourth, 32–31. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Mavs
Kobe Bryant · LALSteve Nash · DALPTS3230REB62AST38Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Bulls-Sixers8
Lakers-Mavs0
The night in charts
Lakers-Mavs combined for 217, 52 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-MavsLakers 114, Mavs 103
217
Bulls-SixersBulls 82, Sixers 83
165
PHI won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Bulls-SixersBulls 82, Sixers 83
+1 PHI
Lakers-MavsLakers 114, Mavs 103
+11 LAL
Shaq shot 8-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ShaqLAL · 25 PTS, 19 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK
57% (8-14)
NashDAL · 30 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
56% (10-18)
PaytonLAL · 17 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB
54% (7-13)
Antoine WalkerDAL · 24 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
50% (9-18)
AIPHI · 35 PTS, 9 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
48% (14-29)
Final · Bulls-Sixers
Bulls 82Sixers 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2618162282
Sixers1521262183
The story
Samuel Dalembert had 13 points as Philadelphia beat Chicago 83-82

Eddy Curry led Chicago with 16 PTS, 10 REB 13 PTS, 7 REB, 4 BLK · 5-9 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the second, the 76ers took the third 26-16.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −11−8+2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Mavs
Lakers 114Mavs 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers31203132114
Mavs20223031103
The story
Kobe Bryant's 32 points carried Los Angeles past Dallas, 114-103

For Dallas, Antoine Walker had 24 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 32 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 9-23 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 31-20, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +11+9+10+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg14.9Last 3

14.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.0Season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 4.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 35

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 24, 27, 28, 30, 12, 50, 35, 35Sixers-Bulls · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 21, 28, 28, 22, 17, 12, 21, 32Lakers-Mavs · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 12, 18, 11, 2, 10, 17, 14, 30Mavs-Lakers · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 14, 20, 23, 15, 7, 23, 15, 25Lakers-Mavs · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 22, 25, 12, 14, 30, 8, 8, 24Mavs-Lakers · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 5, 5, 23, 19, 16, 12, 30, 22Bulls-Sixers · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST