FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 6, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 5 after the first quarter and won 107–96.

Final
NYK96
CLE107
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +11
Final
ORL107
IND114
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +7
Final
LAC75
NJN92
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +23; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +17
Final
LAL90
MIN106
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +16
Final
WAS72
SAS94
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +22
Final
ATL89
SAC105
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +16
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 6, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (WAS @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Cleveland beats New York, 107–96

Cleveland led 83–70 after three and won by 11. Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE 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+11+13+11CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2322252696
CLE18382724107
Who led
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 22, 8, 11, 8, 6, 10, 12, 24CLE24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Eric WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 8, 16, 18, 11, 9, 3, 9, 22CLE22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 20, 28, 28, 19, 22, 25, 21, 20NYK20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 20, 26, 23, 15, 18, 13, 17, 18NYK18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ IND

Indiana leads Orlando wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 114–107. Best quarter: the second, 36–35. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over ORL7CLE over NYK11MIN over LAL16SAC over ATL16NJN over LAC17SAS over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = IND over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.4Season avg20.8Last 3

20.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 43

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 29, 20, 41, 24, 0, 22, 34, 43ORL @ IND · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 18, 24, 16, 13, 23, 26, 35, 32NJN vs LAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27, 7, 21, 30MIN vs LAL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 31, 29, 41, 16, 37, 21, 24, 28SAC vs ATL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28, 18, 27, 26MIN vs LAL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 31, 23, 20, 21, 15, 34, 26MIN vs LAL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.9 13.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Keith Van HornNYK+4.8 21.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
LeBron JamesCLE+4.2 24.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jason KiddNJN+3.9 21.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jiri WelschBOS+3.6 11.9 last 10 · 8.3 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−5.0 11.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Ricky DavisBOS−3.5 9.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Tyronn LueORL−3.5 7.7 last 10 · 11.2 season