FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 11, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CLE by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–85.

Final
NJN105
CLE85
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +20
Final
MIA111
ORL98
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +13
Final
WAS88
PHI113
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +20; Q4 PHI +25
Final
SAC96
DET94
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +2
Final
LAC102
MEM110
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +8
Final
NYK98
NOH106
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +8
Final
LAL87
HOU102
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +15
Final
MIN77
UTA66
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +11
Final
PHX99
GSW110
Q1 GSW +18; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +11
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 11, 2003: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DEN), 42 points.
The lead · NJN @ CLE

New Jersey wins big in Cleveland

New Jersey beat the Cavaliers 105–85, leading by as many as 20 at a break. Kerry Kittles led New Jersey with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-60+13+20NJN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN16243728105
CLE2218242185
Who led
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 4, 9, 16, 7, 17, 12, 17, 27NJN27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 18, 27, 13, 24, 18, 29, 13, 21NJN21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Eric WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 6, 6, 9, 20, 9, 13, 16, 14CLE14 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 8, 8, 15, 12, 18, 15, 19, 13CLE13 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Philadelphia by 25.

SAC over DET2MEM over LAC8NOH over NYK8MIN over UTA11GSW over PHX11MIA over ORL13HOU over LAL15NJN over CLE20PHI over WAS25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 33

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 22, 21, 16, 21, 6, 20, 23, 33PHX @ GSW · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Brian CardinalPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 21, 11, 14, 7, 14, 14, 20, 32GSW vs PHX · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 10, 16, 25, 23, 19, 13, 13, 29NOH vs NYK · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 4, 19, 17, 35, 23, 16, 42, 24, 29NYK @ NOH · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 37, 12, 12, 9, 16, 16, 22, 7, 25, 29HOU vs LAL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 6, 15, 14, 10, 17, 15, 19, 27MIA @ ORL · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 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 17.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.1 22.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Stephen JacksonATL+4.7 19.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.5 23.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+4.3 15.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−6.0 7.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.3 10.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.2 4.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Charlie WardSAS−3.7 3.7 last 10 · 7.4 season