FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 31, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed GSW by 7 after the first quarter and won 88–70.

Final · Box score
Hornets96
Celtics94
Q1 NOH -5; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +2
Final · Box score
Blazers71
Pistons78
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +7
Final · Box score
Warriors70
Nets88
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +18
Final · Box score
Nuggets104
Clippers120
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +16
Final · Box score
Sixers72
Rockets80
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +8
On this day · 2002–03Dec 31, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (Spurs-Wizards), 35 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Nets

Golden State's skid reaches three

Quentin Richardson goes for 44 points

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+2+15+18NJN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2318151470
Nets1627281788
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 10, 18, 18, 24, 16, 13, 23NJN23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 22, 22, 14, 16, 11, 23, 19, 17NJN17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 26, 22, 13, 17, 12, 25, 14, 17, 16GSW16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 2, 11, 15, 17, 8, 9, 12, 15GSW15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Hornets-Celtics

New Orleans takes over late to edge Boston

Down 1 after three, New Orleans won the fourth 27–24. Final: 96–94. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over BOS2DET over POR7HOU over PHI8LAC over DEN16NJN over GSW18Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over BOS.
Lead changes
Blazers-Pistons25
Hornets-Celtics11
Nuggets-Clippers8
Warriors-Nets5
Sixers-Rockets4
The night in charts
Nuggets-Clippers combined for 224, 34 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 104, Clippers 120
224
Hornets-CelticsHornets 96, Celtics 94
190
Warriors-NetsWarriors 70, Nets 88
158
Sixers-RocketsSixers 72, Rockets 80
152
Blazers-PistonsBlazers 71, Pistons 78
149
NOH won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Hornets-CelticsHornets 96, Celtics 94
+2 NOH
Blazers-PistonsBlazers 71, Pistons 78
+7 DET
Sixers-RocketsSixers 72, Rockets 80
+8 HOU
Nuggets-ClippersNuggets 104, Clippers 120
+16 LAC
Warriors-NetsWarriors 70, Nets 88
+18 NJN
NJN rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Warriors-NetsNJN won · Warriors 70, Nets 88
7 pts
Hornets-CelticsNOH won · Hornets 96, Celtics 94
5 pts
Nuggets-ClippersLAC won · Nuggets 104, Clippers 120
4 pts
Blazers-PistonsDET won · Blazers 71, Pistons 78
1 pt
Rodney White shot 6-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Rodney WhiteDEN · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
BrandLAC · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK
57% (8-14)
RichardsonLAC · 44 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
57% (17-30)
JamesBOS · 15 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
55% (6-11)
Kenyon MartinNJN · 17 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
55% (6-11)
Final · Hornets-Celtics
Hornets 96Celtics 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets1822292796
Celtics2313342494
The story
Baron Davis had 29 points and 10 assists as New Orleans beat Boston 96-94

Mark Blount led Boston with 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 29 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB · 10-25 FG, 5-13 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the first, the Hornets took the second 22-13.

NOH lead by quarter
200 −5+4−1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Pistons
Blazers 71Pistons 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2412191671
Pistons2314202178
The story
Detroit beat Portland 78-71 behind 15 rebounds and 10 points from Ben Wallace

Zach Randolph paced Portland: 16 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 15 REB, 10 PTS, 6 BLK, 3 STL, 2 AST · 5-10 FG

The swing

A 21-16 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 −1+1+2+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Clippers
Nuggets 104Clippers 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets23332523104
Clippers27253236120
The story
Corey Maggette's 20 points carried Los Angeles past Denver, 120-104

For Denver, Andre Miller had 18 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB 20 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 8-15 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 36-23, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +4−4+3+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Quentin Richardson leads the day with 44

Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 2, 20, 25, 10, 22, 16, 24, 44Clippers-Nuggets · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 16, 25, 23, 25, 27, 21, 19, 29Hornets-Celtics · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 19, 10, 18, 18, 24, 16, 13, 23Nets-Warriors · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 14, 13, 19, 7, 15, 19, 31, 22Pistons-Blazers · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 5, 10, 12, 16, 12, 32, 22, 22Hornets-Celtics · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 12, 21, 14, 12, 18, 12, 15, 21Rockets-Sixers · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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+5.2 13.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Mike MillerMEM−4.3 6.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ricky DavisBOS−4.2 9.6 last 10 · 13.8 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