FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 18, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed POR by 3 at halftime and won 96–92.

Final
SAS109
BOS92
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +17
Final
POR92
PHX96
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +4
Final
MIA80
DEN88
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +8
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 18, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC @ LAC), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ PHX

Phoenix makes it three straight

Phoenix beat Portland 96–92 and moved to 15–26. Joe Johnson led Phoenix with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-3-3+4PHX AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2130231892
PHX2622232596
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 18, 25, 23, 4, 20, 26, 25PHX25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 11, 13, 19, 8, 23, 21, 21, 22PHX22 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 28, 19, 7, 10, 12, 21, 18, 25POR25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 17, 16, 17, 30, 13, 8, 24, 19POR19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIA @ DEN

Denver leads Miami wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 88–80. Best quarter: the second, 27–28. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over POR4DEN over MIA8SAS over BOS17Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg27.8Today

28 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 31

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 9, 20, 27, 22, 13, 14, 11, 31DEN vs MIA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 11, 25, 22, 15, 21, 14, 11, 26MIA @ DEN · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 28, 19, 7, 10, 12, 21, 18, 25POR @ PHX · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 18, 25, 23, 4, 20, 26, 25PHX vs POR · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rasho NesterovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 9, 7, 10, 10, 2, 3, 2, 23SAS @ BOS · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 11, 13, 19, 8, 23, 21, 21, 22PHX vs POR · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 16 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
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
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+3.6 17.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.8 8.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jason TerryATL−4.8 10.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Antoine WalkerDAL−4.1 12.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.1 17.5 last 10 · 21.6 season