FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 31, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed DAL by 16 at halftime and won 107–102.

Final
DEN107
DAL102
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -16; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +5
Final
NJN88
HOU77
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +11
Final
MIL83
ATL93
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +10
Final
LAC115
ORL106
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +9
Final
MEM78
DET80
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +2
Final
PHX105
NYK110
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +5
Final
BOS98
IND99
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +1
Final
MIA94
NOH70
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +24
Final
UTA81
SAS85
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +4
Final · OT
CHI95
POR102
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +7
Final
SAC110
SEA103
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +7
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 31, 2003: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SAC), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ DAL

Denver erases 16-point lead, steals one from Dallas

Dallas led 53–37 at halftime. Denver won the second half 70–49 to take it 107–102. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist. Michael Finley scored 37 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-16-7+5DEN AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN21163634107
DAL22312722102
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 31, 14, 14, 24, 25, 14, 21, 26DEN26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 8, 10, 22, 17, 19, 24, 15, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 33, 18, 31, 23, 23, 17, 29, 37DAL37 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 10, 22, 23, 4, 17, 17, 6, 16DAL16 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat New Orleans by 24.

IND over BOS1DET over MEM2SAS over UTA4DEN over DAL5NYK over PHX5POR over CHI7SAC over SEA7LAC over ORL9ATL over MIL10NJN over HOU11MIA over NOH24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg41.8Today

42 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 37

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 FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 33, 18, 31, 23, 23, 17, 29, 37DAL vs DEN · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 18, 28, 8, 24, 4, 19, 17, 35NYK vs PHX · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 17, 21, 25, 17, 22, 30, 35, 33SAS vs UTA · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 26, 28, 16, 22, 20, 23, 28, 31PHX @ NYK · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 24, 4, 11, 18, 7, 5, 16, 30NYK vs PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 16, 0, 6, 18, 14, 21, 8, 30SEA vs SAC · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 11 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+8.9 24.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Michael FinleyDAL+7.2 25.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Mark BlountBOS+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.4 14.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.0 32.0 last 10 · 27.0 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.6 9.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 5.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET−4.3 5.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Vince CarterTOR−4.1 16.8 last 10 · 20.9 season