FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 4, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed WAS by 13 after three quarters and won 103–101.

Final
LAC95
BOS86
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +9
Final
ORL90
TOR110
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +20
Final
MEM103
WAS101
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM -13; Q4 MEM +2
Final
MIN89
ATL97
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +8
Final
MIA88
NJN99
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +11
Final · OT
LAL111
CLE106
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +5
Final
DAL113
NOH104
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MIL89
HOU103
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +14
Final
POR101
PHX97
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +4
Final
CHI95
UTA79
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +16
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 4, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (NYK vs LAC), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ WAS

James Posey scores 31 as Memphis wins in Washington

Final: 103–101. James Posey made 10 of 13 shots from the field.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-3-4-13+2MEM AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM26242132103
WAS29253017101
Who led
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 6, 12, 10, 10, 24, 3, 7, 31MEM31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 17, 20, 15, 13, 10, 18, 18, 18MEM18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 27, 25, 15, 16, 21, 23, 10, 27WAS27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 2 games: 13, 19WAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg48.1Today

48 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Toronto by 20.

MEM over WAS2POR over PHX4LAL over CLE5ATL over MIN8LAC over BOS9DAL over NOH9NJN over MIA11HOU over MIL14CHI over UTA16TOR over ORL20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 21, 22, 22, 6, 7, 22, 36, 37LAL @ CLE · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 29, 22, 4, 18, 17, 21, 14, 36LAC @ BOS · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 22, 25, 14, 16, 13, 21, 20, 32ATL vs MIN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 22, 17, 13, 19, 12, 18, 15, 32TOR vs ORL · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 29, 29, 16, 27, 20, 38, 12, 32CLE vs LAL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 6, 12, 10, 10, 24, 3, 7, 31MEM @ WAS · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 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+8.6 24.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.7 25.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+6.5 17.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+6.4 21.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+6.0 15.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.6 4.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dion GloverATL−4.1 6.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jeff McInnisCLE−3.7 7.6 last 10 · 11.3 season