FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 16, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by IND (vs SAS) and ORL (vs BOS).

Final
SAS79
IND89
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +10
Final · OT
BOS118
ORL124
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +6
Final
SEA88
NYK108
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +20
Final
WAS77
DET98
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +21
Final
DAL91
DEN88
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
GSW93
PHX104
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +11
Final
MIA87
LAC85
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +2
Final
LAL83
SAC103
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +27; Q4 SAC +20
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 16, 2003: 2 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs SEA), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ ORL

Tracy McGrady scores 44 as Orlando beats Boston

Orlando won 124–118. Tracy McGrady: 44 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+20-70+6ORL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS283127257118
ORL3029203213124
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 0, 22, 34, 43, 28, 35, 32, 28, 44ORL44 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 29, 16, 6, 8, 8, 2, 2, 32ORL32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 33, 27, 19, 30, 27, 22, 4, 20BOS20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 2, 9, 6, 11, 10, 12, 14, 15BOS15 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
21.82002–03 avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg43.5Today

44 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ IND

Indiana takes care of San Antonio

A 10-point win, 89–79. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over LAC2DAL over DEN3ORL over BOS6IND over SAS10PHX over GSW11NYK over SEA20SAC over LAL20DET over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = IND over SAS.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 44

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: 24, 0, 22, 34, 43, 28, 35, 32, 28, 44ORL vs BOS · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 29, 16, 6, 8, 8, 2, 2, 32ORL vs BOS · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 22, 25, 21, 20, 17, 6, 22, 30NYK vs SEA · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kareem RushPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 6, 2, 16, 14, 9, 10, 8, 30LAL @ SAC · L
5.6 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 8, 11, 20, 18, 30, 11, 15, 28DEN vs DAL · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 18, 11, 7, 11, 7, 11, 13, 28IND vs SAS · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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 BogansORL+4.1 10.5 last 10 · 6.4 season
Keith Van HornNYK+3.8 21.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+3.7 17.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Mike BibbySAC+3.4 21.0 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−7.5 7.8 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jason TerryATL−5.4 10.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Vin BakerBOS−5.3 6.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Zach RandolphPOR−5.0 16.6 last 10 · 21.6 season
Predrag DrobnjakLAC−3.7 4.2 last 10 · 7.9 season