FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 2, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed POR by 8 after the first quarter and won 117–98.

Final
ATL101
WAS104
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final
PHI83
LAC89
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +6
Final
BOS88
DET100
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +12
Final
POR98
PHX117
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +19
Final
MIL104
DAL123
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +19
Final
UTA80
HOU99
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +19
Final
SAS81
SAC86
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +5
Final
DEN91
LAL99
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +8
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 · 2003–04Jan 2, 2004: 12 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs LAL), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ PHX

Amar'e Stoudemire posts 50 and 11 as Phoenix beats Portland

50 points and 11 rebounds in a 117–98 win.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+7+4+19PHX AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR3026231998
PHX22412034117
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33, 37, 15, 50PHX50 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 3, 18, 19, 19, 17, 18, 2, 31, 20PHX20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 20, 13, 13, 14, 28, 17, 6, 25POR25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 10, 23, 12, 26, 22, 25, 10, 22POR22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.6Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · SAS @ SAC

Sacramento beats San Antonio, 86–81

Sacramento led 62–56 after three and won by 5. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over ATL3SAC over SAS5LAC over PHI6LAL over DEN8DET over BOS12PHX over POR19DAL over MIL19HOU over UTA19Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over SAS.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 50

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: 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33, 37, 15, 50PHX vs POR · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 35, 31, 36, 11, 29, 42, 48, 42LAL vs DEN · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 21, 13, 15, 23, 23, 36, 29, 39DAL vs MIL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 31, 24, 54, 51, 40, 28, 34, 29, 35PHI @ LAC · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 19, 16, 21, 26, 19, 18, 26, 28SAC vs SAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 23, 28, 26, 29, 25, 14, 24, 27DEN @ LAL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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
Allen IversonPHI+7.5 36.6 last 10 · 29.1 season
Darius MilesPOR+4.7 17.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.5 33.4 last 10 · 28.9 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+4.2 28.2 last 10 · 24.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+4.1 17.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Tim DuncanSAS−3.7 18.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.3 7.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antoine WalkerATL−3.2 17.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season