FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 12, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed GSW by 8 after three quarters and won 115–113.

Final · OT
DAL127
NYK121
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +6
Final
PHI87
ORL82
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +5
Final
CLE79
LAL89
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +10
Final · 2OT
MEM115
GSW113
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM -8; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +2
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 12, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (PHX vs UTA), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ GSW

Memphis wins double overtime marathon over Golden State

After ten extra minutes, Memphis beat the Warriors 115–113. Mike Miller led Memphis with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+3+2-800+2MEM AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MEM28212421813115
GSW25223413811113
Who led
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 3, 4, 7, 5, 17, 20, 2, 24MEM24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 10, 20, 32, 10, 17, 19, 18, 17MEM17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 12, 15, 8, 14, 0, 15, 5, 23GSW23 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 8, 0, 9, 18, 10, 15, 13, 23GSW23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ LAL

Cleveland's skid reaches three

Lakers won 89–79; the Cavaliers fall to 11–26. Gary Payton led Lakers with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · CLE
Wvs NOH97–86L@ ORL101–113Lvs CHI80–87Wvs POR86–74Lvs IND89–92L@ NJN82–97Wvs NYK107–96L@ TOR69–75L@ BOS82–107L@ LAL79–89CLE: last 10 games through Jan 12, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.5Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 38

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 17, 40, 26, 17, 8, 6, 14, 38NYK vs DAL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 41, 24, 0, 22, 34, 43, 28, 35, 32ORL vs PHI · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 20, 23, 31, 24, 23, 20, 14, 31DAL @ NYK · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 18, 13, 17, 18, 8, 26, 29NYK vs DAL · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 14, 17, 20, 8, 7, 10, 18, 28DAL @ NYK · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 50, 35, 35, 35, 18, 18, 20, 17, 15, 26PHI @ ORL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 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+4.4 12.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Jason KiddNJN+4.1 21.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+4.0 17.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Keith Van HornNYK+4.0 20.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jim JacksonHOU+3.8 15.1 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−7.5 8.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Vin BakerBOS−5.6 6.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jason TerryATL−5.5 10.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.1 17.8 last 10 · 21.9 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.3 4.9 last 10 · 8.2 season