FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 20, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIA by 5 after the first quarter and won 86–84.

Final
SEA94
CLE99
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +5
Final
DET69
IND81
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +12
Final
BOS86
MIA84
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +2
Final
NJN93
DAL106
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +13
Final
DEN96
UTA75
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +21
Final · OT
POR109
SAC104
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +5
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 20, 2003: 12 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ PHI), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIA

Boston takes over late to edge Miami

Down 3 after three, Boston won the fourth 26–21. Final: 86–84. Paul Pierce led Boston with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-5-1-3+2BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1425212686
MIA1921232184
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 19, 30, 27, 22, 4, 20, 19, 29BOS29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 6, 11, 10, 12, 14, 15, 15, 16BOS16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 4, 0, 0, 4, 7, 12, 7, 18MIA18 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 27, 15, 8, 18, 18, 21, 12, 17MIA17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Denver by 21.

BOS over MIA2CLE over SEA5POR over SAC5IND over DET12DAL over NJN13DEN over UTA21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg45.5Today

46 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Peja Stojakovic leads the day with 34

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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 28, 19, 29, 33, 24, 23, 31, 34SAC vs POR · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 12, 8, 5, 12, 11, 8, 32, 32CLE vs SEA · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 19, 17, 16, 13, 7, 24, 17, 29NJN @ DAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 3, 13, 24, 16, 8, 15, 19, 29SAC vs POR · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 19, 30, 27, 22, 4, 20, 19, 29BOS @ MIA · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 9 games: 1, 5, 19, 2, 22, 14, 2, 5, 29POR @ SAC · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Tracy McGradyORL+6.8 33.3 last 10 · 26.5 season
Keith BogansORL+4.8 11.2 last 10 · 6.4 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+4.5 18.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kwame BrownWAS+4.3 13.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Slava MedvedenkoLAL+3.8 14.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.5 8.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jason TerryATL−4.7 11.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Zach RandolphPOR−3.9 17.5 last 10 · 21.4 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.9 23.2 last 10 · 27.1 season