FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 7, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed SAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–93.

Final
ORL93
BOS101
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +8
Final
LAC80
PHI100
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +20
Final
CLE69
TOR75
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
HOU66
DET85
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +19
Final
CHI95
MIA102
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final
PHX87
MIL95
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +8
Final
WAS87
NOH97
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +17; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +10
Final
GSW99
DAL105
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +6
Final
LAL91
DEN113
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +22; Q4 DEN +22
Final
SAC93
SEA104
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 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 7, 2003: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SEA), 45 points.
The lead · SAC @ SEA

Seattle handles Sacramento by 11

The SuperSonics won the second quarter 34–22. Final: 104–93. Ray Allen led Seattle with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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+7+11+11SEA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3222172293
SEA27342122104
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 8 games: 24, 15, 28, 22, 35, 8, 42, 22SEA22 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 4, 12, 12, 21, 21SEA21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 3, 23, 28, 23, 24, 13, 19, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 29, 41, 16, 37, 21, 24, 28, 19SAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.5minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
29.52002–03 avg8.0Last 2

8.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.5 in 2002–03 (47 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · CLE @ TOR

Toronto gets past Cleveland

75–69, with Toronto ahead 42–39 at halftime. Donyell Marshall led Toronto with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over CLE6DAL over GSW6MIA over CHI7BOS over ORL8MIL over PHX8NOH over WAS10SEA over SAC11DET over HOU19PHI over LAC20DEN over LAL22Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over CLE.
Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 28

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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 25, 27, 21, 19, 29, 22, 35, 28NOH vs WAS · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 20, 41, 24, 0, 22, 34, 43, 28ORL @ BOS · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 25, 14, 17, 16, 25, 24, 10, 27GSW @ DAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 13, 10, 23, 23, 11, 32, 44, 20, 27LAL @ DEN · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 11, 22, 17, 12, 8, 33, 12, 27MIA vs CHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 20, 14, 24, 20, 19, 30, 11, 26LAC @ PHI · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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
Keith Van HornNYK+4.8 21.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
LeBron JamesCLE+4.6 24.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.4 12.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jason KiddNJN+3.9 21.5 last 10 · 17.6 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−5.5 10.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jason TerryATL−5.0 11.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ricky DavisBOS−3.1 10.3 last 10 · 13.4 season