FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 10, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed WAS by 6 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final
DAL99
SEA119
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +20; Q3 SEA +18; Q4 SEA +20
Final
BOS99
ATL110
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DET101
ORL89
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +12
Final · OT
NYK102
WAS98
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
MIA80
CLE91
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +11
Final
NOH92
MIL87
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH -2; Q4 NOH +5
Final · OT
POR100
DEN110
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +10
Final
HOU69
UTA82
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +13
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 · 2002–03Apr 10, 2003: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SAC), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ WAS

New York needs overtime to survive Washington

Tied 87–87 after regulation. New York won the final period 15–11 for a 102–98 win. Tim Thomas led New York with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-400+4NYK AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK1924232115102
WAS252219211198
Who led
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 16, 8, 26, 13, 15, 16, 14, 22NYK22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
DerMarr JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 6, 15, 17, 6, 2, 0, 0, 22NYK22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jarvis HayesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 4, 0, 4, 1, 8, 2, 3, 23WAS23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Etan ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 9, 8, 7, 4, 10, 12, 11, 17WAS17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 82 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg44.3Today

44 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 33 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

NYK over WAS4NOH over MIL5DEN over POR10ATL over BOS11CLE over MIA11DET over ORL12UTA over HOU13SEA over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Marquis Daniels 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.
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 31, 20, 17, 16, 11, 16, 12, 33DAL @ SEA · L
7.6 PPG season to date · +25.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 25, 21, 25, 41, 20, 36, 20, 30DEN vs POR · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 27, 28, 29, 21, 31, 26, 36, 28ATL vs BOS · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 36, 12, 6, 23, 17, 21, 35, 27MIL vs NOH · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 22, 12, 12, 22, 17, 20, 23, 26NOH @ MIL · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 4, 24, 26, 17, 25, 14, 4, 25SEA vs DAL · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Chris CrawfordATL+10.1 19.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+9.1 16.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Bob SuraATL+8.2 15.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Stephen JacksonATL+7.3 25.3 last 10 · 18.0 season
Rodney RogersNJN+7.3 15.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.4 8.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Voshon LenardDEN−5.7 8.8 last 10 · 14.5 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season