FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 5, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed POR by 19 at halftime and won 119–108.

Final
DET78
BOS68
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
Final
MIL88
PHI76
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +12
Final
IND87
MIA65
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +22
Final
PHX82
CHI87
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +5
Final
GSW65
HOU83
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +18
Final
SAS98
DEN74
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +24
Final
DAL94
UTA108
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +14
Final · OT
POR108
SEA119
Q1 SEA -11; Q2 SEA -19; Q3 SEA -18; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +11
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 5, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs PHX), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ SEA

Ray Allen scores 42 as Seattle beats Portland

Seattle won 119–108. Ray Allen: 42 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-19-180+11SEA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR323223174108
SEA2124243515119
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 7 games: 24, 15, 28, 22, 35, 8, 42SEA42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 4, 12, 12, 21SEA21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 26, 27, 18, 20, 14, 16, 19, 28POR28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 11, 16, 9, 5, 6, 6, 9, 22POR22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ BOS

Detroit extends win streak to 6

78–68 over Boston. Record: 22–13. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · DET
L@ IND75–80Wvs UTA96–75L@ MIL78–83Lvs NJN79–82W@ ATL87–84Wvs NOH108–99Wvs POR78–71Wvs PHX93–81Wvs GSW99–93W@ BOS78–68DET: last 10 games through Jan 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg38.6Today

39 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 42

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 7 games: 24, 15, 28, 22, 35, 8, 42SEA vs POR · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 30, 27, 26, 22, 27, 12, 11, 30SAS @ DEN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 26, 27, 18, 20, 14, 16, 19, 28POR @ SEA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 15, 27, 24, 21, 14, 18, 33, 27BOS vs DET · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 3, 8, 4, 2, 0, 3, 3, 27PHX @ CHI · L
4.5 PPG season to date · +23.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 10, 4, 14, 22, 13, 8, 14, 25HOU vs GSW · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.9 13.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Keith Van HornNYK+4.5 21.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jiri WelschBOS+3.6 11.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−5.6 6.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.1 11.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jason TerryATL−4.7 11.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ricky DavisBOS−3.5 9.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season