FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 4, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 5 at halftime and won 94–92.

Final
WAS103
CHA96
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +7
Final
CLE86
MIA92
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +6
Final · OT
MIN92
DEN94
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
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 · 2003–04Nov 4, 2003: 4 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs LAL), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ DEN

Denver needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 88–88 after regulation. Denver won the final period 6–4 for a 94–92 win. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.Final00-5+10+2DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN23241922492
DEN23192521694
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 20, 19DEN19 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 2 games: 10, 19DEN19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 2 games: 28, 25MIN25 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Trenton HassellPoints, last 2 games: 0, 17MIN17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · WAS @ CHA

Washington gets past Charlotte

103–96, with Washington ahead 49–45 at halftime. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MIN2MIA over CLE6WAS over CHA7Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.2points, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Points per game
14.82003–04 avg29.0Last 2

29.0 points a game over his last two games, against 14.8 in 2003–04 (82 games). Today: 24 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
36.72003–04 avg26.5Last 2

26.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 36.7 in 2003–04 (67 games). Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
9.12003–04 avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 2003–04 (37 games). Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 28

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 2 games: 21, 28MIA vs CLE · W
24.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 2 games: 28, 25MIN @ DEN · L
26.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 2 games: 4, 24CLE @ MIA · L
14.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 2 games: 34, 24WAS @ CHA · W
29.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 2 games: 28, 21CLE @ MIA · L
24.5 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 20, 19DEN vs MIN · W
19.5 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST