FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 14, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed TOR by 11 at halftime and won 95–91.

Final
HOU95
BOS80
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +15
Final
ATL78
IND85
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +7
Final
TOR91
DET95
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET +4
Final
WAS103
NJN115
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +12
Final
ORL110
NYK120
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +10
Final
MIN100
SAS93
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +7
Final · 2OT
PHI122
DAL125
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +3
Final
DEN71
LAL97
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +20; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +26
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 14, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs PHX), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ DET

Detroit climbs out of an 11-point hole against Toronto

Down 11 at the half, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 29–19 and the game 95–91. Mehmet Okur led Detroit with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-11-6+4DET AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2425231991
DET2117282995
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 4, 12, 18, 4, 10, 7, 9, 27DET27 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 13, 26, 18, 15, 16, 16, 24, 27DET27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 22, 15, 22, 23, 14, 12, 20, 27TOR27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 19, 10, 9, 15, 14, 2, 16, 20TOR20 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ SAS

Minnesota extends win streak to 5

100–93 over San Antonio. Record: 26–11. Sam Cassell led Minnesota with 33 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
L@ POR92–101W@ SEA104–86Wvs CHI98–93Wvs ATL93–75L@ DAL112–119Wvs LAL106–90Wvs POR96–75Wvs MIA83–77W@ NOH94–89W@ SAS100–93MIN: last 10 games through Jan 14, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg18.2Last 3

18.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg54Today

54 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 36

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 12, 11, 30, 16, 15, 30, 28, 36SAS vs MIN · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 20 REB · 7 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 10, 16, 6, 19, 26, 22, 19, 34PHI @ DAL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 21, 15, 34, 26, 10, 18, 24, 33MIN @ SAS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 13, 24, 9, 21, 5, 6, 25, 32DAL vs PHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 35, 18, 18, 20, 17, 15, 26, 31PHI @ DAL · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 20, 24, 11, 20, 15, 20, 20, 30NJN vs WAS · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Richard JeffersonNJN+4.3 21.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Jason KiddNJN+4.1 21.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Keith Van HornNYK+4.0 20.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+3.7 11.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Mike BibbySAC+3.7 21.2 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−8.4 6.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−5.6 6.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jason TerryATL−5.4 10.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Zach RandolphPOR−5.3 16.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.7 4.2 last 10 · 7.9 season