FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 27, 2004Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ATL by 8 after the first quarter and won 89–85.

Final
NJN94
PHI76
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +21; Q3 NJN +25; Q4 NJN +18
Final
PHX89
ATL85
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +4
Final
SAS77
NYK67
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +10
Final
DAL118
SEA116
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +2
Final
CHI92
LAC102
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +10
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 27, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN vs SAS), 34 points.
The lead · PHX @ ATL

Phoenix climbs back to beat Atlanta

Atlanta led by 8 after one. Phoenix won it 89–85. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-6+7+4PHX AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1422302389
ATL2220172685
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 21, 21, 22, 10, 16, 23, 31, 22PHX22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 4, 20, 26, 25, 26, 28, 16, 22, 20PHX20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 16, 11, 19, 17, 22, 19, 21, 19ATL19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 13, 9, 9, 10, 15, 11, 8, 16ATL16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · SAS @ NYK

San Antonio handles New York by 10

The Spurs won the second quarter 26–18. Final: 77–67. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 30 points, 19 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over SEA2PHX over ATL4SAS over NYK10LAC over CHI10NJN over PHI18Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over NYK.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 43

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 25, 22, 32, 19, 16, 26, 20, 43DAL @ SEA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 16, 15, 17, 21, 25, 17, 22, 30SAS @ NYK · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 13, 7, 13, 12, 27, 13, 15, 30SEA vs DAL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 7, 14, 21, 8, 14, 25, 30NJN @ PHI · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 21, 18, 14, 22, 17, 28, 15, 28LAC vs CHI · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 21, 21, 22, 10, 16, 23, 31, 22PHX @ ATL · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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+6.2 21.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.8 32.6 last 10 · 26.8 season
Keith BogansORL+5.4 12.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Slava MedvedenkoLAL+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+4.8 15.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.4 9.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Vince CarterTOR−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.6 16.7 last 10 · 21.3 season
Dion GloverATL−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season