FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 7, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed ATL by 11 after three quarters and won 86–77.

Final
NYK76
MIA64
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +12
Final
HOU86
ATL77
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -11; Q4 HOU +9
Final
BOS110
PHI80
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +28; Q4 BOS +30
Final
WAS106
CLE88
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +18
Final
DET108
DAL111
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +3
Final
NOH97
MIL107
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +10
Final
UTA96
PHX92
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · HOU @ ATL

Houston fights back late to top Atlanta

Atlanta led 62–51 after three. Houston won the fourth 35–15 and the game 86–77. Steve Francis led Houston with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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+6-3-11+9HOU AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2612133586
ATL2021211577
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 19, 7, 9, 7, 26, 23, 11, 24HOU24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 11, 5, 28, 15, 15, 14, 14, 18HOU18 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 14, 16, 13, 21, 20, 32, 22, 20ATL20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 21, 19, 15, 15, 20, 17, 23, 16ATL16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 52 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 48 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Philadelphia by 30, the widest margin of 7 games.

DAL over DET3UTA over PHX4HOU over ATL9MIL over NOH10NYK over MIA12WAS over CLE18BOS over PHI30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 26, 20, 43, 17, 16, 9, 28, 40DAL vs DET · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 24, 13, 26, 12, 24, 22, 28, 35BOS @ PHI · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 18, 2, 10, 21, 19, 7, 14, 17, 18, 29DAL vs DET · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 9, 18, 17, 13, 13, 9, 25, 26WAS @ CLE · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 40, 10, 21, 40, 24, 21, 12, 20, 25MIL vs NOH · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 19, 7, 9, 7, 26, 23, 11, 24HOU @ ATL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+7.1 16.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.7 22.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+6.3 17.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.5 32.6 last 10 · 27.1 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.7 6.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 4.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Baron DavisNOH−4.0 18.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Charlie WardSAS−3.9 3.6 last 10 · 7.5 season