FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 30, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DET by 6 at halftime and won 89–78.

Final · Box score
Sonics94
Hawks79
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +15
Final · Box score
Pacers96
Nets83
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +13
Final · Box score
Heat89
Pistons78
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +11
Final · Box score
Spurs114
Blazers80
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +34
On this day · 2003–04Dec 30, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (Sonics-Grizzlies), 33 points.
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The lead · Heat-Pistons

Dwyane Wade posts 31-10-10 as Miami tops Detroit

Antoine Walker goes for 19 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6-2+11MIA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1724262289
Pistons202722978
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33, 22, 29, 27, 31MIA31 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27, 25, 24, 31, 21MIA21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 29, 21, 11, 12, 25, 37, 15, 19DET19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ben WallacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 2, 10, 5, 12, 6, 8, 8, 13DET13 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Pacers-Nets

Indiana leads New Jersey wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 96–83. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–20. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over DET11IND over NJN13SEA over ATL15SAS over POR34Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NJN.
Lead changes
Heat-Pistons7
Sonics-Hawks3
Spurs-Blazers0
The night in charts
Spurs-Blazers combined for 194, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 114, Blazers 80
194
Pacers-NetsPacers 96, Nets 83
179
Sonics-HawksSonics 94, Hawks 79
173
Heat-PistonsHeat 89, Pistons 78
167
MIA won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Heat-PistonsHeat 89, Pistons 78
+11 MIA
Pacers-NetsPacers 96, Nets 83
+13 IND
Sonics-HawksSonics 94, Hawks 79
+15 SEA
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 114, Blazers 80
+34 SAS
Haslem shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HaslemMIA · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
D WadeMIA · 31 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
BufordNJN · 20 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
BarrySAS · 15 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
LewisSEA · 17 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Heat-Pistons
Heat 89Pistons 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1724262289
Pistons202722978
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 21 points as Miami beat Detroit 89-78

Ben Wallace led Detroit with 13 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 21 PTS, 7 REB · 9-21 FG

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Heat took the fourth 22-9.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −3−6−2+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Nets
Pacers 96Nets 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers2321223096
Nets1717292083
The story
Indiana beat New Jersey 96-83 behind 15 points from Jamaal Tinsley

Vince Carter paced New Jersey: 25 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 15 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 5-18 FG, 3-10 3PT

The swing

A 30-20 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Pacers.

IND lead by quarter
200 +6+10+3+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Hawks
Sonics 94Hawks 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2635231094
Hawks2222191679
The story
Rashard Lewis' 17 points carried Seattle past Atlanta, 94-79

Luke Ridnour chipped in 13 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 17 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 6-10 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 35-22, was where the SuperSonics built it.

SEA lead by quarter
300 +4+17+21+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
21.82003–04 avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 2003–04 (65 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg32.0Today

32 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 31

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 29, 25, 22, 33, 22, 29, 27, 31Heat-Pistons · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 39, 33, 25, 20, 21, 16, 24, 31Pacers-Nets · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 5, 21, 12, 22, 5, 23, 25, 25Nets-Pacers · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 40, 13, 20, 27, 25, 24, 31, 21Heat-Pistons · W
21.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 22, 26, 38, 28, 42, 27, 17, 20Nets-Pacers · L
23.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rodney BufordPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 4, 7, 10, 16, 22, 8, 8, 20Nets-Pacers · L
7.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Allen IversonPHI+4.9 33.8 last 10 · 28.9 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+4.2 25.6 last 10 · 21.4 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+3.7 12.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Darius MilesPOR+3.6 16.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+3.4 15.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Antoine WalkerATL−3.8 16.6 last 10 · 20.4 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.7 7.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.5 7.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.1 6.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season