FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 24, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed SAS by 11 at halftime and won 98–96.

Final
GSW105
POR87
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +18
Final
IND96
WAS107
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +11
Final
PHI87
CLE95
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +8
Final
MIA85
NYK77
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +8
Final
NOH98
SAS96
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH -11; Q3 NOH -11; Q4 NOH +2
Final
LAL93
UTA86
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +7
Final
LAC97
SEA102
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA -1; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +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 24, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs DEN), 45 points.
The lead · NOH @ SAS

Darrell Armstrong scores 35, New Orleans rallies past San Antonio

New Orleans trailed by 11 at the half and won 98–96.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-4-11-11+2NOH AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH1823233498
SAS2230232196
Who led
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 5, 6, 9, 18, 29, 18, 35NOH35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 12, 14, 10, 11, 6, 17, 20, 17NOH17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 6, 11, 4, 6, 4, 7, 0, 20SAS20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 28, 36, 16, 15, 17, 21, 25, 17SAS17 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAC @ SEA

Seattle beats Clippers, 102–97

Seattle led 74–68 after three and won by 5. Ray Allen led Seattle with 41 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over SAS2SEA over LAC5LAL over UTA7CLE over PHI8MIA over NYK8WAS over IND11GSW over POR18Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 41

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 28, 25, 23, 19, 28, 20, 13, 41SEA vs LAC · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 5, 6, 9, 18, 29, 18, 35NOH @ SAS · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 15, 26, 31, 34, 18, 22, 30, 32PHI @ CLE · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 21, 7, 25, 6, 18, 28, 3, 31GSW @ POR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 21, 32, 21, 18, 14, 22, 17, 28LAC @ SEA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 17, 18, 22, 35, 24, 16, 20, 26LAC @ SEA · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 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
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.6 21.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tracy McGradyORL+6.5 33.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Keith BogansORL+5.8 12.9 last 10 · 7.1 season
Glenn RobinsonPHI+5.2 23.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Slava MedvedenkoLAL+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.9 9.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Vince CarterTOR−4.4 16.5 last 10 · 20.9 season
Dion GloverATL−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jason TerryATL−3.8 12.0 last 10 · 15.8 season