FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 9, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DAL by 3 after three quarters and won 102–96.

Final
BOS89
CLE97
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +8
Final
DAL96
ATL102
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +6
Final
MEM83
DEN86
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +3
Final
SAS85
HOU82
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +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 · DAL @ ATL

Stephen Jackson scores 30 in Atlanta win over Dallas

Final: 102–96. Stephen Jackson added 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+4-3+6ATL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2921222496
ATL36181533102
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 19, 15, 15, 20, 17, 23, 16, 30ATL30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 16, 13, 21, 20, 32, 22, 20, 27ATL27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 23, 17, 29, 37, 23, 22, 11, 24DAL24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 20, 43, 17, 16, 9, 28, 40, 23DAL23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MEM @ DEN

Denver holds off Memphis, 86–83

Denver led 70–68 after three and held on to win by three. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MEM3SAS over HOU3ATL over DAL6CLE over BOS8Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 32

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 13, 26, 12, 24, 22, 28, 35, 32BOS @ CLE · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 19, 15, 15, 20, 17, 23, 16, 30ATL vs DAL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 22, 30, 35, 33, 31, 23, 28, 28SAS @ HOU · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 16, 13, 21, 20, 32, 22, 20, 27ATL vs DAL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 37, 12, 12, 9, 16, 16, 22, 7, 25HOU vs SAS · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 23, 17, 29, 37, 23, 22, 11, 24DAL @ ATL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Antonio DanielsSEA+5.2 14.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Michael FinleyDAL+5.2 24.0 last 10 · 18.8 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−3.7 3.7 last 10 · 7.4 season