FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 23, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NOH by 21 after the first quarter and won 104–100.

Final
NOH100
CLE104
Q1 CLE -21; Q2 CLE -14; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +4
Final
DET76
PHI66
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +10
Final
POR89
MIA81
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +8
Final
DEN106
MEM109
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +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
On this day · 2002–03Feb 23, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ NJN), 46 points.
The lead · NOH @ CLE

Cleveland storms back from 21 down to beat New Orleans

The Cavaliers trailed by 21 after one and won 104–100. Carlos Boozer led Cleveland with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-21-14-4+4CLE AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH37221823100
CLE16292831104
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 17, 19, 12, 8, 24, 5, 14, 24CLE24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 32, 14, 14, 24, 9, 16, 32, 22, 21CLE21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 19, 13, 13, 29, 19, 23, 17, 34NOH34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 19, 22, 16, 19, 20, 26, 28, 23NOH23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 57 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · POR @ MIA

Portland makes it four straight

Portland beat Miami 89–81 and moved to 28–28. Zach Randolph led Portland with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · POR
W@ PHX101–97W@ UTA87–73Wvs SEA95–85Lvs UTA81–86Lvs DEN98–107L@ LAL86–89Wvs LAC101–86W@ GSW94–93Wvs BOS105–84W@ MIA89–81POR: last 10 games through Feb 23, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Baron Davis 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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 19, 13, 13, 29, 19, 23, 17, 34NOH @ CLE · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 39, 24, 24, 20, 27, 28, 35, 16, 26DEN @ MEM · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 18, 25, 13, 18, 6, 10, 21, 25MIA vs POR · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 27, 27, 12, 22, 17, 17, 23, 25MEM vs DEN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 17, 19, 12, 8, 24, 5, 14, 24CLE vs NOH · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 19, 22, 16, 19, 20, 26, 28, 23NOH @ CLE · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.7 26.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.5 26.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.9 28.0 last 10 · 23.1 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−5.1 9.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Aaron McKiePHI−5.1 3.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.7 8.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Tim ThomasNYK−4.2 9.6 last 10 · 13.8 season