FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 16, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 10 at halftime and won 81–69.

Final · Box score
Cavs69
Pistons81
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +12
Final · Box score
Bucks77
Bulls85
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +8
Final · Box score
Lakers115
Kings99
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +16
On this day · 2003–04Dec 16, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Larry Hughes (Wizards-Jazz), 38 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Pistons

Detroit rallies from 10 down to beat Cleveland

Kobe Bryant goes for 31 points

Game flow · DET margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-10+5+12DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs231862269
Pistons1912212981
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 8, 21, 19, 19, 24, 18, 29, 21DET21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 18, 9, 24, 12, 8, 9, 15, 16DET16 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 10, 27, 16, 12, 28, 11, 15, 18CLE18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 15, 10, 16, 15, 11, 18, 18, 14CLE14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Bucks-Bulls

Milwaukee's skid reaches three

Chicago won 85–77; the Bucks fall to 6–14. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · MIL
Wvs DET96–90Lvs LAL90–95L@ BOS100–101Lvs SAS83–104W@ IND89–86Lvs MIA96–101Wvs IND95–86L@ PHI101–107Lvs SAC86–89L@ CHI77–85
Lead changes
Bucks-Bulls12
Lakers-Kings12
Cavs-Pistons2
The night in charts
Lakers-Kings combined for 214, 52 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-KingsLakers 115, Kings 99
214
Bucks-BullsBucks 77, Bulls 85
162
Cavs-PistonsCavs 69, Pistons 81
150
CHI won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Bucks-BullsBucks 77, Bulls 85
+8 CHI
Cavs-PistonsCavs 69, Pistons 81
+12 DET
Lakers-KingsLakers 115, Kings 99
+16 LAL
DET erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-PistonsDET won · Cavs 69, Pistons 81
10 pts
Bucks-BullsCHI won · Bucks 77, Bulls 85
7 pts
Odom shot 11-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OdomLAL · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
69% (11-16)
GoodenCLE · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST
64% (9-14)
Rasheed WallaceDET · 13 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
KobeLAL · 31 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB, 2 STL
59% (10-17)
CurryCHI · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
57% (8-14)
Final · Bucks-Bulls
Bucks 77Bulls 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2417162077
Bulls1723192685
The story
Chicago beat Milwaukee 85-77 behind 28 points and 8 assists from Kirk Hinrich

Joe Smith paced Milwaukee: 12 PTS, 11 REB 28 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB · 10-23 FG, 2-9 3PT

The swing

A 23-17 second quarter erased a 7-point hole for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −7−1+2+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tyson Chandler topped the game at 42.5 FPTS: 10 REB, 6 PTS

Final · Cavs-Pistons
Cavs 69Pistons 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs231862269
Pistons1912212981
The story
Chauncey Billups had 16 points as Detroit beat Cleveland 81-69

Drew Gooden led Cleveland with 18 PTS, 10 REB 16 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 6-15 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the second, the Pistons took the third 21-6.

DET lead by quarter
200 −4−10+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James led the game in fantasy with 44.3 FPTS (11 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST)

Final · Lakers-Kings
Lakers 115Kings 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers27283723115
Kings2524222899
The story
Lamar Odom's 22 points carried Los Angeles past Sacramento, 115-99

For Sacramento, Bobby Jackson had 20 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 11-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 37-22, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +2+6+21+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
21.22003–04 avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 2003–04 (68 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 27.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg11.2Last 5

11.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 20, 28, 10, 20, 37, 23, 35, 31Lakers-Kings · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 15, 8, 15, 12, 19, 12, 15, 28Bulls-Bucks · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 16, 7, 13, 19, 19, 15, 8, 22Lakers-Kings · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 29, 8, 23, 15, 28, 16, 21, 28, 20, 22Bucks-Bulls · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 8, 21, 19, 19, 24, 18, 29, 21Pistons-Cavs · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 19, 12, 10, 16, 19, 9, 3, 20Kings-Lakers · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.5 18.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Matt HarpringUTA+4.4 16.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Clifford RobinsonGSW+3.4 12.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Andre MillerDEN+3.0 17.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.3 7.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−3.0 7.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.9 10.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Maurice TaylorHOU−2.9 4.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−2.8 7.4 last 10 · 10.2 season