FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 29, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ATL by 5 after the first quarter and won 93–85.

Final
NJN89
ORL79
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +10
Final
POR93
ATL85
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAC96
SAS91
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +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 29, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHX), 40 points.
The lead · POR @ ATL

Portland takes care of Atlanta

An 8-point win, 93–85. Zach Randolph led Portland with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-5-5+9+8POR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1720292793
ATL2220152885
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 21, 18, 25, 16, 23, 16, 21, 22POR22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 8, 24, 19, 26, 13, 16, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 11, 19, 17, 22, 19, 21, 19, 15ATL15 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 15, 10, 23, 14, 17, 22, 10, 14ATL14 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NJN @ ORL

New Jersey gets past Orlando

89–79, with New Jersey ahead 43–39 at halftime. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over SAS5POR over ATL8NJN over ORL10Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 35

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 16, 15, 17, 21, 25, 17, 22, 30, 35SAS vs SAC · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 6, 21, 10, 21, 9, 10, 13, 33NJN @ ORL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 21, 18, 25, 16, 23, 16, 21, 22POR @ ATL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 44, 33, 34, 20, 33, 31, 36, 39, 22ORL vs NJN · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 23, 31, 34, 37, 11, 24, 19, 22SAC @ SAS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 8, 24, 19, 26, 13, 16, 16, 20POR @ ATL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+5.0 32.0 last 10 · 27.0 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
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 5.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.5 9.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Dion GloverATL−3.8 7.0 last 10 · 10.8 season