FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 17, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed UTA by 18 at halftime and won 102–96.

Final
MEM91
PHI87
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +4
Final
MIN76
HOU95
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +19
Final
TOR70
ATL75
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
SEA84
WAS99
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +15
Final
IND90
NJN84
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -11; Q4 IND +6
Final
ORL90
NOH91
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH -9; Q4 NOH +1
Final
NYK101
CHI96
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +5
Final
DET99
MIL94
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +5
Final · OT
CLE102
UTA96
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -18; Q3 CLE -14; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +6
Final
DAL108
POR104
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
LAC89
LAL91
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +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 17, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU vs LAL), 44 points.
The lead · CLE @ UTA

Carlos Boozer drops 32 in 18-point comeback win over Utah

Utah led by 18 at the half. Final: 102–96.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-18-140+6CLE AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CLE1914242817102
UTA173420141196
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 16, 12, 8, 5, 12, 11, 8, 32CLE32 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 14, 14, 21, 19, 16, 27, 29, 29CLE29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 11, 10, 21, 12, 12, 10, 26, 27UTA27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 12, 4, 25, 10, 2, 15, 2, 20UTA20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.2Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.2 in 39 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg15.2Last 3

15.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 19.

NOH over ORL1LAL over LAC2MEM over PHI4DAL over POR4ATL over TOR5NYK over CHI5DET over MIL5IND over NJN6CLE over UTA6WAS over SEA15HOU over MIN19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Elton Brand 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.
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 30, 11, 26, 19, 17, 18, 22, 35LAC @ LAL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 18, 18, 20, 17, 15, 26, 31, 34PHI vs MEM · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 22, 34, 43, 28, 35, 32, 28, 44, 33ORL @ NOH · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 9, 21, 5, 6, 25, 32, 16, 33DAL @ POR · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 16, 12, 8, 5, 12, 11, 8, 32CLE @ UTA · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 24, 23, 20, 14, 31, 25, 22, 32DAL @ POR · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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+4.2 10.6 last 10 · 6.4 season
Kwame BrownWAS+4.0 13.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+3.8 24.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+3.7 17.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.8 8.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−5.3 6.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Zach RandolphPOR−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Jason TerryATL−4.8 10.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Antoine WalkerDAL−4.1 12.0 last 10 · 16.1 season