FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 12, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NOH by 10 after three quarters and won 101–97.

Final
MIA84
BOS77
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +7
Final
MIL89
CLE93
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +4
Final
NJN107
ATL129
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL +23; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +22
Final
WAS79
DET101
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +22
Final
IND107
PHI93
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +14
Final
UTA90
MIN104
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +18; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +14
Final
NYK101
NOH97
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK +4
Final
ORL93
CHI84
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +9
Final
SAC89
DEN97
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +8
Final
SAS78
POR66
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +12
Final
HOU111
SEA107
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +4
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 12, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Ricky Davis (CLE vs NYK), 37 points.
The lead · NYK @ NOH

New York fights back late to top New Orleans

New Orleans led 81–71 after three. New York won the fourth 30–16 and the game 101–97. Moochie Norris led New York with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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+2-7-10+4NYK AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK25222430101
NOH2331271697
Who led
Moochie NorrisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 5, 13, 2, 0, 8, 0, 5, 21NYK21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Michael SweetneyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 4, 2, 2, 2, 10, 5, 15, 16NYK16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 11, 9, 2, 8, 12, 19, 11, 23NOH23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 12, 12, 22, 17, 20, 23, 26, 21NOH21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat New Jersey by 22.

CLE over MIL4NYK over NOH4HOU over SEA4MIA over BOS7DEN over SAC8ORL over CHI9SAS over POR12IND over PHI14MIN over UTA14ATL over NJN22DET over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.5Season avg26.1Last 3

26.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.5 in 79 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Juwan Howard leads the day with 38

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.
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 24, 16, 26, 33, 14, 21, 12, 38ORL @ CHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Marcus FizerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 24, 15, 8, 12, 9, 10, 2, 7, 30CHI vs ORL · L
7.5 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 23, 23, 17, 7, 11, 23, 21, 30ATL vs NJN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 8, 21, 18, 11, 24, 18, 13, 28MIA @ BOS · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 4, 23, 20, 16, 8, 9, 20, 22, 20, 28IND @ PHI · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 18, 28, 20, 34, 21, 14, 24, 10, 27CLE vs MIL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 9 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+10.3 20.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Bob SuraATL+9.5 16.9 last 10 · 7.4 season
Stephen JacksonATL+7.5 25.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
James PoseyMEM+7.4 21.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+6.9 13.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.9 7.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jason KiddNJN−6.1 9.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season