FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 18, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHX by 2 after three quarters and won 101–94.

Final · Box score
Mavs109
Wolves114
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +5
Final · Box score
Kings101
Hornets90
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +11
Final · Box score
Suns94
Blazers101
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +7
On this day · 2002–03Dec 18, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Wolves), 41 points.
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The lead · Suns-Blazers

Portland gets past Phoenix

Kevin Garnett posts a triple-double

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+2-2+7POR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2128232294
Blazers27241931101
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 34, 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 30, 29POR29 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 17, 17, 13, 12, 23, 28, 15, 15POR15 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 25, 29, 27, 31, 12, 32, 19, 20PHX20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 0, 6, 14, 11, 13, 19, 10, 17PHX17 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Mavs-Wolves

Minnesota leads Dallas wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 114–109. Best quarter: the second, 30–26. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 35 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over DAL5POR over PHX7SAC over NOH11Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over DAL.
Lead changes
Suns-Blazers10
Mavs-Wolves8
Kings-Hornets3
The night in charts
Mavs-Wolves combined for 223, 28 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-WolvesMavs 109, Wolves 114
223
Suns-BlazersSuns 94, Blazers 101
195
Kings-HornetsKings 101, Hornets 90
191
MIN won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Mavs-WolvesMavs 109, Wolves 114
+5 MIN
Suns-BlazersSuns 94, Blazers 101
+7 POR
Kings-HornetsKings 101, Hornets 90
+11 SAC
Brad Miller shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Brad MillerSAC · 21 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST, 4 BLK
80% (8-10)
P.J. BrownNOH · 15 PTS, 8 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
Bobby JacksonSAC · 18 PTS, 3 STL, 2 AST, 1 REB
67% (8-12)
MagloireNOH · 15 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
MarionPHX · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
59% (10-17)
Final · Mavs-Wolves
Mavs 109Wolves 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs24263227109
Wolves29302530114
The story
Sam Cassell had 26 points as Minnesota beat Dallas 114-109

Antawn Jamison led Dallas with 22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 26 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 8-17 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves won the first 29-24, their biggest quarter edge.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +5+9+2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Blazers
Suns 94Blazers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2128232294
Blazers27241931101
The story
Portland beat Phoenix 101-94 behind 29 points and 20 rebounds from Zach Randolph

Shawn Marion paced Phoenix: 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 29 PTS, 20 REB, 3 AST · 10-23 FG

The swing

A 31-22 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 +6+2−2+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Hornets
Kings 101Hornets 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings29212526101
Hornets1718262990
The story
Brad Miller's 21 points and 14 rebounds carried Sacramento past New Orleans, 101-90

For New Orleans, Baron Davis had 23 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 21 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST, 4 BLK · 8-10 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 29-17, was where the Kings built it.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +12+15+14+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg28.3Last 3

28.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 35

Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 16, 33, 24, 33, 23, 27, 19, 35Wolves-Mavs · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 34, 22, 29, 31, 22, 24, 30, 29Blazers-Suns · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 14, 30, 9, 6, 23, 23, 14, 27Mavs-Wolves · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 26, 24, 17, 25, 27, 25, 26Wolves-Mavs · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 16, 19, 18, 29, 27, 16, 25, 23Hornets-Kings · L
23.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 21, 15, 18, 10, 6, 23, 21, 22Mavs-Wolves · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Donyell MarshallTOR+6.7 19.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Voshon LenardDEN+5.3 20.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.1 11.9 last 10 · 6.8 season
Sam CassellMIN+4.2 24.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Zach RandolphPOR+4.0 27.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−4.3 14.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Udonis HaslemMIA−3.5 3.0 last 10 · 6.5 season
Quentin RichardsonLAC−3.2 13.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−3.2 16.2 last 10 · 19.4 season