FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 8, 2004Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU111
NYK79
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +32
Final
POR75
MIN96
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +22; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +21
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 8, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW @ MIN), 32 points.
The lead · POR @ MIN

Minnesota routs Portland by 21

Minnesota led by 22 at halftime and won 96–75. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+22+17+21MIN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1518251775
MIN2728202196
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28, 18, 27, 26, 26MIN26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27, 7, 21, 30, 25MIN25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 27, 18, 20, 14, 16, 19, 28, 19POR19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 21, 14, 13, 13, 12, 12, 15POR15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · HOU @ NYK

Houston never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 111–79. Steve Francis led Houston with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs NYK
Steve Francis · HOUKeith Van Horn · NYKPTS2717REB811AST61Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
33.62002–03 avg12.7Last 2

12.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.6 in 2002–03 (76 games). Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg26.1Today

26 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 27

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 22, 14, 12, 15, 17, 2, 15, 27HOU @ NYK · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28, 18, 27, 26, 26MIN vs POR · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27, 7, 21, 30, 25MIN vs POR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 18, 16, 14, 6, 3, 18, 15, 21HOU @ NYK · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 27, 18, 20, 14, 16, 19, 28, 19POR @ MIN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 28, 28, 19, 22, 25, 21, 20, 17NYK vs HOU · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 11 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+5.0 22.0 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