FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 8, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed GSW by 16 after three quarters and won 84–81.

Final
LAL98
ORL96
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -14; Q4 LAL +2
Final
MIA91
IND97
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
Final
SEA85
POR95
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +10
Final
MEM99
MIN98
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +1
Final
LAC104
NYK110
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DEN92
SAC115
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +23
Final
PHI87
NJN99
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +12
Final · OT
TOR84
GSW81
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -16; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +3
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 · TOR @ GSW

Toronto needs overtime to survive Golden State

Tied 75–75 after regulation. Toronto won the final period 9–6 for an 84–81 win. Vince Carter led Toronto with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+6-7-160+3TOR AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR23161818984
GSW1729272681
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 14, 17, 31, 27, 33, 11, 18, 22TOR22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 22, 9, 6, 11, 13, 21, 11, 19TOR19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 3, 31, 17, 15, 19, 20, 15, 22GSW22 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Brian CardinalPoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 10, 2, 21, 11, 14, 7, 14, 14GSW14 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Denver by 23.

MEM over MIN1LAL over ORL2TOR over GSW3IND over MIA6NYK over LAC6POR over SEA10NJN over PHI12SAC over DEN23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 42

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 8, 24, 4, 19, 17, 35, 23, 16, 42NYK vs LAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 20, 33, 31, 36, 39, 22, 34, 35ORL vs LAL · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 37, 11, 24, 19, 22, 29, 26, 20, 35SAC vs DEN · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 32, 22, 14, 28, 29, 20, 20, 12, 34MIN vs MEM · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 31, 20, 20, 32, 30, 17, 35, 30MIN vs MEM · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 5, 23, 28, 17, 7, 18, 20, 30SAC vs DEN · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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+6.7 22.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+6.4 16.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+6.3 17.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Antonio DanielsSEA+5.2 14.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Baron DavisNOH−4.0 18.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Charlie WardSAS−3.9 3.6 last 10 · 7.5 season