FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 2, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed BOS by 6 at halftime and won 103–90.

Final
NOH86
TOR74
Q1 NOH +10; Q2 NOH +24; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +12
Final
GSW79
WAS97
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +18
Final
IND103
BOS90
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +13
Final
ORL101
MIA112
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +11
Final
CLE82
NJN97
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +15
Final
CHI104
NYK99
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +5
Final
PHX81
DET93
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +12
Final
UTA88
MEM100
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +12
Final
ATL75
MIN93
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +18
Final
DAL101
MIL109
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +8
Final
DEN106
POR96
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +10
Final
LAL109
SEA111
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +2
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 · 2002–03Jan 2, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (WAS @ CHI), 28 points.
The lead · IND @ BOS

Indiana makes it three straight

Indiana beat Boston 103–90 and moved to 24–10. Metta World Peace led Indiana with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-6+1+13IND AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND25232530103
BOS3024181890
Who led
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 22, 8, 21, 18, 3, 18, 18, 28IND28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 19, 16, 21, 27, 13, 20, 21, 21IND21 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 19, 31, 15, 27, 24, 21, 14, 18BOS18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 4, 3, 13, 10, 2, 8, 15, 15BOS15 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · CHI @ NYK

Chicago tops New York in New York

Final: 104–99. Jamal Crawford led Chicago with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over LAL2CHI over NYK5MIL over DAL8DEN over POR10MIA over ORL11NOH over TOR12DET over PHX12MEM over UTA12IND over BOS13NJN over CLE15WAS over GSW18MIN over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 25.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 35

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 5 games: 24, 15, 28, 22, 35SEA vs LAL · W
24.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 0 REB · 9 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 12, 21, 11, 22, 17, 12, 8, 33MIA vs ORL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 15, 35, 13, 10, 23, 23, 11, 32LAL @ SEA · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 27, 7, 14, 17, 16, 17, 30POR vs DEN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 18, 25, 14, 9, 12, 8, 17, 29ORL @ MIA · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 16, 12, 5, 30, 42, 8, 13, 28CHI @ NYK · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
LeBron JamesCLE+5.4 25.4 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.1 13.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+4.3 17.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.0 12.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Josh HowardDAL+3.8 12.0 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Ricky DavisBOS−4.5 9.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.2 12.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Vin BakerBOS−4.1 8.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Mike MillerMEM−4.0 6.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.8 4.6 last 10 · 8.4 season