FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 29, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed LAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–88.

Final
BOS91
TOR82
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIA104
MIL108
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +4
Final
DET100
LAC88
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET +12
Final
SEA97
HOU80
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +17
Final
LAL100
NJN83
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +17
Final
MIN74
PHI81
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +7
Final
NYK96
DEN107
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHX94
SAC108
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +14
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 @ LAC

Detroit climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 9 after one. Detroit won it 100–88. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-9-4-3+12DET AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET24271831100
LAC3322171688
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 26, 20, 20, 15, 10, 14, 20, 28DET28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 9, 23, 24, 23, 15, 21, 20, 21DET21 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 24, 19, 39, 31, 8, 19, 19, 26LAC26 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 0, 20, 3, 18, 7, 18, 23, 22LAC22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Seattle by 17.

MIL over MIA4PHI over MIN7BOS over TOR9DEN over NYK11DET over LAC12SAC over PHX14SEA over HOU17LAL over NJN17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
18.1Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

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: 6, 20, 23, 33, 29, 23, 25, 24, 24, 33PHX @ SAC · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 28, 15, 24, 27, 27, 37, 21, 32SAC vs PHX · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 15, 7, 10, 5, 9, 13, 17, 28SAC vs PHX · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 3, 26, 20, 20, 15, 10, 14, 20, 28DET @ LAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 32, 22, 25, 28, 16, 18, 24, 27MIN @ PHI · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 27, 23, 14, 25, 25, 26, 19, 27MIL vs MIA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Stephen JacksonATL+6.1 21.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.9 26.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.5 24.0 last 10 · 18.5 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA+5.3 22.5 last 10 · 17.2 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonDAL−6.2 8.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−4.9 2.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−4.3 14.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Rasheed WallaceDET−4.1 12.2 last 10 · 16.3 season