FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 9, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed MEM by 15 after the first quarter and won 122–116.

Final
WAS92
ORL103
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +20; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +11
Final
NJN81
PHI97
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +16
Final
LAC78
TOR68
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +10
Final
CLE82
BOS107
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +25
Final
IND92
DAL80
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +12
Final
SAS94
NOH84
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +10
Final
POR87
CHI78
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +9
Final
MIA94
MIL103
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +9
Final
UTA96
DEN106
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +10
Final
ATL67
LAL113
Q1 LAL +27; Q2 LAL +29; Q3 LAL +39; Q4 LAL +46
Final
SAC113
PHX93
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +20
Final
MEM116
SEA122
Q1 SEA -15; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +6
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 9, 2003: 2 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC @ NJN), 24 points.
The lead · MEM @ SEA

Seattle storms back from 15 down to beat Memphis

The SuperSonics trailed by 15 after one and won 122–116. Rashard Lewis led Seattle with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-5+4+6SEA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM38272526116
SEA23373428122
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 16, 13, 33, 20, 18, 8, 11, 26SEA26 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 10, 12, 10, 12, 9, 9, 5, 18SEA18 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 18, 13, 14, 6, 2, 13, 15, 25MEM25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 9, 0, 3, 4, 7, 5, 17, 20MEM20 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
33.62002–03 avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 2002–03 (76 games). Today: 19 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Atlanta by 46, the widest margin of 12 games.

SEA over MEM6POR over CHI9MIL over MIA9LAC over TOR10SAS over NOH10DEN over UTA10ORL over WAS11IND over DAL12PHI over NJN16SAC over PHX20BOS over CLE25LAL over ATL46Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 41, 24, 0, 22, 34, 43, 28, 35ORL vs WAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 24, 21, 14, 18, 33, 27, 19, 30BOS vs CLE · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 41, 16, 37, 21, 24, 28, 19, 29SAC @ PHX · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 37, 10, 19, 12, 8, 26, 9, 20, 27DEN vs UTA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Slava MedvedenkoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 12, 10, 10, 14, 18, 4, 7, 26LAL vs ATL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 3, 18, 18, 28, 9, 22, 23, 26IND @ DAL · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.5 12.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jason KiddNJN+4.1 21.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+4.0 17.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.2 9.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Vin BakerBOS−5.6 6.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jason TerryATL−4.1 11.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.4 7.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Christian LaettnerWAS−3.1 3.8 last 10 · 6.9 season