FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 1, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 106–101.

Final
CLE104
WAS100
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +4
Final
LAL84
TOR83
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +1
Final
PHI101
MIN106
Q1 MIN -13; Q2 MIN -11; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +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 · 2002–03Feb 1, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (WAS vs NOH), 45 points.
The lead · PHI @ MIN

Kevin Garnett scores 32, Minnesota rallies past Philadelphia

Minnesota trailed by 13 after one and won 106–101.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-13-11-1+5MIN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI36271721101
MIN23292727106
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 29, 28, 22, 19, 31, 20, 20, 32MIN32 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 22, 30, 9, 32, 22, 14, 28, 29MIN29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 31, 34, 18, 22, 30, 32, 31, 28PHI28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 27, 23, 20, 20, 7, 16, 11, 27PHI27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 44 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
28.72002–03 avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 2002–03 (76 games). Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · CLE @ WAS

Cleveland beats Washington, 104–100

Cleveland led 78–64 after three and won by 4. LeBron James led Cleveland with 38 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over TOR1CLE over WAS4MIN over PHI5Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over WAS.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 16, 27, 29, 29, 16, 27, 20, 38CLE @ WAS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 18, 21, 22, 22, 6, 7, 22, 36LAL @ TOR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 29, 28, 22, 19, 31, 20, 20, 32MIN vs PHI · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 22, 30, 9, 32, 22, 14, 28, 29MIN vs PHI · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 31, 34, 18, 22, 30, 32, 31, 28PHI @ MIN · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 20, 27, 2, 8, 14, 17, 31, 27TOR vs LAL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Tayshaun PrinceDET−4.3 5.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.1 5.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Dion GloverATL−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season