FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 10, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed DET by 13 after the first quarter and won 89–78.

Final
LAL98
MIA83
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +15
Final
DET78
NJN89
Q1 NJN -13; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +11
Final
SAC124
MIL117
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +7
Final
LAC84
MIN96
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +12
Final
IND103
CHI84
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +19
Final
NYK90
DAL105
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +15
Final
TOR101
PHX94
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
UTA86
POR81
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +5
Final
GSW106
SEA97
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +9
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 · DET @ NJN

New Jersey climbs out of a 13-point hole against Detroit

Down 13 after one, the Nets won the second quarter 30–13 and the game 89–78. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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+4+9+11NJN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2913201678
NJN1630251889
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 30, 13, 17, 15, 21, 15, 14, 27NJN27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 7, 4, 9, 16, 7, 17, 12, 17NJN17 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 21, 19, 9, 23, 19, 9, 17, 23DET23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 17, 28, 20, 17, 18, 4, 16, 19DET19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · NYK @ DAL

Dallas beats New York, 105–90

Dallas led 76–69 after three and won by 15. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over POR5SAC over MIL7TOR over PHX7GSW over SEA9NJN over DET11MIN over LAC12LAL over MIA15DAL over NYK15IND over CHI19Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over NYK.
Top performances

Corey Maggette leads the day with 34

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.
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 15, 28, 16, 16, 9, 22, 28, 34LAC @ MIN · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 20, 20, 32, 30, 17, 35, 30, 31MIN vs LAC · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 37, 11, 24, 19, 22, 29, 26, 20, 35, 31SAC @ MIL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 17, 31, 27, 33, 11, 18, 22, 29TOR @ PHX · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 43, 17, 16, 9, 28, 40, 23, 27DAL vs NYK · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 30, 13, 17, 15, 21, 15, 14, 27NJN vs DET · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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+7.0 16.9 last 10 · 9.9 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.9 23.0 last 10 · 16.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+6.3 17.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Stephen JacksonATL+4.7 19.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.5 23.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−6.0 7.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.3 10.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Baron DavisNOH−4.0 18.9 last 10 · 22.9 season