FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 12, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 106–98.

Final · Box score
Nuggets96
Knicks107
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +11
Final · Box score
Heat106
Raptors98
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +8
Final · Box score
Hornets69
Wizards88
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +19
Final · Box score
Bucks101
Sixers107
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +6
Final · Box score
Jazz88
Blazers98
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +10
Final · Box score
Bobcats87
Warriors99
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -6; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +12
Final · Box score
Magic98
Lakers105
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 LAL +7
On this day · 2003–04Dec 12, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Raptors-Celtics), 35 points.
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The lead · Heat-Raptors

Miami climbs out of a 9-point hole against Toronto

Steve Francis goes for 27 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-3-3+8MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat18362329106
Raptors2730231898
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 25, 22, 15, 26, 23, 17, 26, 20MIA20 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 21, 34, 18, 12, 21, 18, 20, 20MIA20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 24, 15, 19, 9, 8, 16, 3, 25TOR25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 11, 16, 2, 20, 11, 15, 25, 19TOR19 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Lead changes
Bucks-Sixers14
Magic-Lakers13
Heat-Raptors11
Jazz-Blazers11
Nuggets-Knicks9
Bobcats-Warriors4
The night in charts
Bucks-Sixers combined for 208, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-SixersBucks 101, Sixers 107
208
Heat-RaptorsHeat 106, Raptors 98
204
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 96, Knicks 107
203
Magic-LakersMagic 98, Lakers 105
203
Bobcats-WarriorsBobcats 87, Warriors 99
186
Jazz-BlazersJazz 88, Blazers 98
186
Hornets-WizardsHornets 69, Wizards 88
157
PHI won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Bucks-SixersBucks 101, Sixers 107
+6 PHI
Magic-LakersMagic 98, Lakers 105
+7 LAL
Heat-RaptorsHeat 106, Raptors 98
+8 MIA
Jazz-BlazersJazz 88, Blazers 98
+10 POR
Nuggets-KnicksNuggets 96, Knicks 107
+11 NYK
Bobcats-WarriorsBobcats 87, Warriors 99
+12 GSW
Hornets-WizardsHornets 69, Wizards 88
+19 WAS
MIA rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-RaptorsMIA won · Heat 106, Raptors 98
9 pts
Magic-LakersLAL won · Magic 98, Lakers 105
7 pts
Bobcats-WarriorsGSW won · Bobcats 87, Warriors 99
6 pts
Hornets-WizardsWAS won · Hornets 69, Wizards 88
6 pts
Jazz-BlazersPOR won · Jazz 88, Blazers 98
4 pts
Jumaine Jones shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jumaine JonesLAL · 25 PTS, 7 REB
82% (9-11)
ShaqMIA · 20 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK
69% (9-13)
Marc JacksonPHI · 28 PTS, 7 REB
67% (10-15)
BellUTA · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Clifford RobinsonGSW · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
Final · Bucks-Sixers
Bucks 101Sixers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks22292426101
Sixers26242433107
The story
Kenny Thomas had 20 points and 17 rebounds as Philadelphia beat Milwaukee 107-101

Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 28 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 20 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST · 7-15 FG

The swing

Down 1 after the third, the 76ers took the fourth 33-26.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +4−1−1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Lakers
Magic 98Lakers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic3128251498
Lakers24322821105
The story
Chris Mihm's 25 points and 14 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Orlando, 105-98

For Orlando, Tony Battie had 12 REB, 8 PTS 25 PTS, 14 REB · 11-18 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 21-14, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −7−30+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bobcats-Warriors
Bobcats 87Warriors 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bobcats2824161987
Warriors2323272699
The story
Golden State beat Charlotte 99-87 behind 18 points from Speedy Claxton

Gerald Wallace paced Charlotte: 13 REB, 9 PTS, 4 AST 18 PTS, 7 STL, 6 AST, 3 REB · 5-13 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 27-16 third quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −5−6+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
35.92003–04 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.9 in 2003–04 (50 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Magic-Lakers

Lakers handle Orlando by 7

The Lakers won the second quarter 32–28. Final: 105–98. Chris Mihm led Lakers with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MIL6LAL over ORL7MIA over TOR8POR over UTA10NYK over DEN11GSW over CHA12WAS over NOH19Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over ORL.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 27, 14, 25, 20, 36, 14, 22, 40Sixers-Bucks · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 24, 9, 23, 41, 17, 8, 10, 31Knicks-Nuggets · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Marc JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 17, 18, 17, 14, 13, 16, 17, 28Sixers-Bucks · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 29, 8, 23, 15, 28, 16, 21, 28Bucks-Sixers · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 20, 36, 27Magic-Lakers · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 24, 8, 14, 28, 28, 23, 28, 26Nuggets-Knicks · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.2 16.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Mike MillerMEM+3.2 15.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Dwight HowardORL+3.2 13.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Clifford RobinsonGSW+2.5 10.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Brent BarrySAS−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−2.8 8.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Maurice TaylorHOU−2.7 5.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.7 11.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Antonio DanielsSEA−2.4 10.1 last 10 · 12.5 season