FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 28, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 9 after three quarters and won 94–93.

Final
DET106
BOS103
Q1 DET -6; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +3
Final
MIA93
CLE94
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE +1
Final
PHX79
IND101
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +22
Final
ORL104
WAS100
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +4
Final
PHI84
TOR94
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +10
Final
POR88
MEM76
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +12
Final
MIL100
NOH101
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH +3; Q4 NOH +1
Final
CHI99
DEN115
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +16
Final
SAC99
HOU94
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +5
Final
DAL88
UTA91
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +3
Final
MIN90
GSW97
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW -4; Q4 GSW +7
Final
SEA82
LAL96
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +14
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 28, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC vs UTA), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ CLE

Zydrunas Ilgauskas posts 30 and 11 as Cleveland beats Miami

30 points and 11 rebounds in a 94–93 win.

Game flow · CLE 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+12-1-9+1CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2128301493
CLE3315222494
Who led
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 19, 17, 9, 5, 13, 14, 11, 30CLE30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 21, 19, 16, 27, 29, 29, 16, 27CLE27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 18, 21, 12, 17, 18, 26, 27, 16MIA16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 14, 11, 26, 12, 12, 19, 20, 15MIA15 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Indiana by 22.

CLE over MIA1NOH over MIL1DET over BOS3UTA over DAL3ORL over WAS4SAC over HOU5GSW over MIN7TOR over PHI10POR over MEM12LAL over SEA14DEN over CHI16IND over PHX22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 44 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 46 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 40

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 15, 30, 18, 40, 10, 21, 40MIL @ NOH · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 44, 33, 34, 20, 33, 31, 36, 39ORL @ WAS · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 19, 17, 9, 5, 13, 14, 11, 30CLE vs MIA · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 16, 33, 18, 31, 23, 23, 17, 29DAL @ UTA · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 11, 11, 10, 14, 14, 11, 5, 28HOU vs SAC · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 20, 21, 15, 10, 12, 5, 23, 28SAC @ HOU · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 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
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.0 21.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.9 33.0 last 10 · 27.1 season
Slava MedvedenkoLAL+5.0 16.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Mark BlountBOS+4.5 12.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Vince CarterTOR−4.7 15.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Dion GloverATL−4.6 6.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 5.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.5 9.9 last 10 · 14.4 season