FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 6, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ATL by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–85.

Final · Box score
Hawks85
Cavs95
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +10
Final · Box score
Spurs86
Heat70
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +16
Final · Box score
Suns88
Nets99
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +11
Final · Box score
Hornets97
Bulls91
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH -2; Q4 NOH +6
Final · Box score
Magic97
Mavs110
Q1 Mavs 0; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
Pistons80
Rockets86
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +6
Final · OT · Box score
Wizards114
Bucks109
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 Wizards 0; OT1 WAS +5
Final · Box score
Knicks92
Warriors104
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +12
On this day · 2002–03Dec 6, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (Spurs-Sixers), 29 points.
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The lead · Hawks-Cavs

Atlanta's skid reaches four

Shawn Marion goes for 25 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+2+5+10CLE AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks2220241985
Cavs1529272495
Who led
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 12, 21, 20, 14, 17, 14, 24, 19CLE19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jason KaponoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 2, 2, 0, 7, 13, 14, 2, 16CLE16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 26, 26, 30, 34, 17, 26, 15, 43ATL43 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 2, 19, 25, 12, 21, 20, 23, 19, 14ATL14 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Hornets-Bulls

New Orleans handles Chicago by 6

The Hornets won the fourth quarter 38–30. Final: 97–91. Darrell Armstrong led New Orleans with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over MIL5NOH over CHI6HOU over DET6CLE over ATL10NJN over PHX11GSW over NYK12DAL over ORL13SAS over MIA16Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over CHI.
Lead changes
Magic-Mavs6
Knicks-Warriors6
Suns-Nets6
Spurs-Heat3
The night in charts
Wizards-Bucks combined for 223, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-BucksWizards 114, Bucks 109
223
Magic-MavsMagic 97, Mavs 110
207
Knicks-WarriorsKnicks 92, Warriors 104
196
Hornets-BullsHornets 97, Bulls 91
188
Suns-NetsSuns 88, Nets 99
187
Hawks-CavsHawks 85, Cavs 95
180
Pistons-RocketsPistons 80, Rockets 86
166
Spurs-HeatSpurs 86, Heat 70
156
WAS won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Wizards-BucksWizards 114, Bucks 109
+5 WAS
Hornets-BullsHornets 97, Bulls 91
+6 NOH
Pistons-RocketsPistons 80, Rockets 86
+6 HOU
Hawks-CavsHawks 85, Cavs 95
+10 CLE
Suns-NetsSuns 88, Nets 99
+11 NJN
Knicks-WarriorsKnicks 92, Warriors 104
+12 GSW
Magic-MavsMagic 97, Mavs 110
+13 DAL
Spurs-HeatSpurs 86, Heat 70
+16 SAS
CLE rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hawks-CavsCLE won · Hawks 85, Cavs 95
7 pts
Hornets-BullsNOH won · Hornets 97, Bulls 91
5 pts
Knicks-WarriorsGSW won · Knicks 92, Warriors 104
4 pts
Finley shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FinleyDAL · 22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST
75% (9-12)
Kwame BrownWAS · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL
70% (7-10)
Kenyon MartinNJN · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
NesterovicSAS · 21 PTS, 13 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
64% (9-14)
Shandon AndersonNYK · 17 PTS, 6 AST, 5 STL, 3 REB
64% (7-11)
Final · Wizards-Bucks
Wizards 114Bucks 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wizards2526182916114
Bucks1823233411109
The story
Larry Hughes had 36 points as Washington beat Milwaukee 114-109 in OT

T.J. Ford led Milwaukee with 16 PTS, 12 AST, 5 REB 36 PTS, 4 REB · 13-22 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Wizards won the first 25-18, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +7+10+50+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Michael Redd led the game in fantasy with 50.8 FPTS (28 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST)

Final · Pistons-Rockets
Pistons 80Rockets 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2219172280
Rockets2820241486
The story
Yao Ming's 22 points and 20 rebounds carried Houston past Detroit, 86-80

For Detroit, Mehmet Okur had 21 PTS, 4 REB 22 PTS, 20 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST · 9-18 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 24-17, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +6+7+14+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hawks-Cavs
Hawks 85Cavs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks2220241985
Cavs1529272495
The story
Cleveland beat Atlanta 95-85 behind 19 points from Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Jason Terry paced Atlanta: 14 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 19 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 6-10 FG

The swing

A 29-20 second quarter erased a 7-point hole for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −7+2+5+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.3Season avg22.6Last 3

22.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.3 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg46.6Today

47 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 43

Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 26, 26, 30, 34, 17, 26, 15, 43Hawks-Cavs · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 12, 11, 22, 13, 15, 12, 15, 36Wizards-Bucks · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 14, 26, 20, 23, 26, 25, 24, 28Bucks-Wizards · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 5, 23, 19, 16, 12, 30, 22, 28Bulls-Hornets · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 20, 12, 24, 31, 16, 29, 28, 27Magic-Mavs · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 19, 16, 14, 0, 15, 8, 15, 25Suns-Nets · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL+5.3 26.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+3.5 19.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Shandon AndersonNYK+3.2 10.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Dikembe MutomboNYK+2.1 9.2 last 10 · 7.1 season
Joe SmithMIL+2.0 13.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−3.4 9.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL−2.6 10.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Tyronn LueORL−1.9 11.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Baron DavisNOH−1.8 21.8 last 10 · 23.6 season
Ben WallaceDET−1.5 7.7 last 10 · 9.2 season