FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 30, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CLE by 6 after the first quarter and won 92–89.

Final · Box score
Pacers92
Cavs89
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +3
Final · Box score
Hawks83
Wizards73
Q1 ATL +16; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +10
Final · Box score
Heat73
Knicks102
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +26; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +29
Final · Box score
Sonics105
Grizzlies99
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA -2; Q4 SEA +6
Final · Box score
Bulls93
Wolves98
Q1 MIN +16; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +5
Final · Box score
Bucks92
Mavs101
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +9
Final · Box score
Raptors81
Nuggets74
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
On this day · 2002–03Dec 30, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavs-Bucks), 40 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Cavs

Indiana holds off Cleveland, 92–89

Kevin Garnett goes for 28 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-4+11+3IND AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers2221331692
Cavs2819182489
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 24, 19, 16, 21, 27, 13, 20, 21IND21 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 18, 22, 8, 21, 18, 3, 18, 18IND18 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 17, 36, 32, 22, 34, 18, 32, 22CLE22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 5, 12, 11, 17, 18, 10, 10, 17CLE17 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Lead changes
Raptors-Nuggets7
Hawks-Wizards2
Bucks-Mavs2
Heat-Knicks2
Bulls-Wolves0
The night in charts
Sonics-Grizzlies combined for 204, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Sonics-GrizzliesSonics 105, Grizzlies 99
204
Bucks-MavsBucks 92, Mavs 101
193
Bulls-WolvesBulls 93, Wolves 98
191
Pacers-CavsPacers 92, Cavs 89
181
Heat-KnicksHeat 73, Knicks 102
175
Hawks-WizardsHawks 83, Wizards 73
156
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 81, Nuggets 74
155
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pacers-CavsPacers 92, Cavs 89
+3 IND
Bulls-WolvesBulls 93, Wolves 98
+5 MIN
Sonics-GrizzliesSonics 105, Grizzlies 99
+6 SEA
Raptors-NuggetsRaptors 81, Nuggets 74
+7 TOR
Bucks-MavsBucks 92, Mavs 101
+9 DAL
Hawks-WizardsHawks 83, Wizards 73
+10 ATL
Heat-KnicksHeat 73, Knicks 102
+29 NYK
IND rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-CavsIND won · Pacers 92, Cavs 89
6 pts
Raptors-NuggetsTOR won · Raptors 81, Nuggets 74
4 pts
Sonics-GrizzliesSEA won · Sonics 105, Grizzlies 99
2 pts
KG shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KGMIN · 28 PTS, 15 REB, 7 AST, 1 STL
79% (11-14)
Kurt ThomasNYK · 14 PTS, 6 REB
70% (7-10)
Abdur-RahimATL · 25 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
LewisSEA · 33 PTS, 6 REB, 3 STL, 2 BLK
67% (12-18)
PauMEM · 32 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
64% (9-14)
Final · Pacers-Cavs
Pacers 92Cavs 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers2221331692
Cavs2819182489
The story
Jermaine O'Neal had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Indiana beat Cleveland 92-89

Carlos Boozer led Cleveland with 17 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST 21 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL, 3 BLK · 5-17 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Pacers took the third 33-18.

IND lead by quarter
200 −6−4+11+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Wolves
Bulls 93Wolves 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls1532252193
Wolves3120262198
The story
Latrell Sprewell's 27 points carried Minnesota past Chicago, 98-93

For Chicago, Kendall Gill had 15 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 11-22 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 31-15, was where the Timberwolves built it.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +16+4+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Grizzlies
Sonics 105Grizzlies 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics26242233105
Grizzlies2123302599
The story
Seattle beat Memphis 105-99 behind 22 points from Ray Allen

Jason Williams paced Memphis: 12 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 9-19 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 33-25 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the SuperSonics.

SEA lead by quarter
200 +5+6−2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · Raptors-Nuggets

Toronto beats Denver, 81–74

Toronto led 67–63 after three and won by 7. Alvin Williams led Toronto with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over CLE3MIN over CHI5SEA over MEM6TOR over DEN7DAL over MIL9ATL over WAS10NYK over MIA29Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over DEN.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis leads the day with 33

Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 10, 27, 19, 7, 17, 22, 16, 13, 33Sonics-Grizzlies · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 13, 12, 24, 23, 20, 10, 20, 32Grizzlies-Sonics · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 27, 19, 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28Wolves-Bulls · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 14, 14, 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27Wolves-Bulls · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 16, 16, 21, 20, 25, 7, 20, 25Hawks-Wizards · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 27, 22, 6, 17, 18, 26, 22, 25Bucks-Mavs · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
LeBron JamesCLE+7.5 27.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.2 18.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jiri WelschBOS+4.6 12.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Ricky DavisBOS−4.3 9.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Mike MillerMEM−4.3 6.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.5 10.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Flip MurraySEA−3.4 14.0 last 10 · 17.4 season