FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 4, 2004Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 7 at halftime and won 95–88.

Final · Box score
NYK101
CHA107
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +6
Final · Box score
MEM91
ORL96
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +5
Final · Box score
TOR97
CLE105
Q1 CLE +21; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +8
Final · Box score
ATL88
NJN109
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +21
Final · Box score
DET92
NOH69
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +23
Final · Box score
CHI88
WAS95
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +7
Final · Box score
UTA86
DAL109
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +23
Final · Box score
PHI76
HOU77
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +1
Final · Box score
SAS104
MIL83
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +21
Final · Box score
MIA95
DEN104
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
IND96
GSW104
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +8
Final · OT · Box score
MIN107
LAC100
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +7
Final · Box score
POR89
SEA99
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2003–04Dec 4, 2003: 2 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs CHI), 35 points.
The lead · CHI @ WAS

Gilbert Arenas scores 34 in Washington win over Chicago

Final: 95–88. Gilbert Arenas added 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-7-1+7WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2026241888
WAS1722302695
Who led
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 25, 7, 26, 23, 27, 30, 13, 34WAS34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 21, 22, 20, 20, 33, 15, 19, 18WAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 22, 4, 2, 6, 8, 4, 5, 16CHI16 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 4, 2, 10, 7, 6, 10, 9, 15CHI15 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, today vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
10.02003–04 avg23Today

23 points today in 34 minutes, against 10.0 a game in 2003–04 (80 games).

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
30.22003–04 avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 2003–04 (74 games). Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · PHI @ HOU

Houston takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 4 after three, Houston won the fourth 22–17. Final: 77–76. Yao Ming led Houston with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over PHI1ORL over MEM5CHA over NYK6WAS over CHI7MIN over LAC7CLE over TOR8GSW over IND8DEN over MIA9SEA over POR10NJN over ATL21SAS over MIL21DET over NOH23DAL over UTA23Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over PHI.
Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 41

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 24, 17, 7, 30, 24, 9, 23, 41NYK @ CHA · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 22, 24, 13, 9, 16, 11, 17, 34LAC vs MIN · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 25, 7, 26, 23, 27, 30, 13, 34WAS vs CHI · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 3, 20, 16, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26, 19, 30MIN @ LAC · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 30, 11, 23, 23, 32, 21, 53, 30DAL vs UTA · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 30, 18, 21, 9, 24, 8, 14, 28DEN vs MIA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST