FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 3, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 87–80.

Final
NOH90
BOS108
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +18
Final
CLE94
CHA83
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +11
Final
ORL94
TOR105
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +11
Final
SEA98
MIA96
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +2
Final
UTA82
MEM92
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +10
Final
DET87
CHI80
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +7
Final
LAC102
DEN98
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +4
Final
PHI112
GSW104
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +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 3, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (NOH @ IND), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ CHI

Detroit tops Chicago in Chicago

Final: 87–80. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-5+2+7DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1425232587
CHI2123162080
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 11, 12, 25, 37, 15, 19, 13, 28DET28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 15, 6, 18, 18, 9, 4, 18, 15DET15 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 8, 5, 23, 19, 19, 19, 18, 27CHI27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 28, 19, 17, 10, 18, 30, 18, 19CHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Boston by 18.

SEA over MIA2LAC over DEN4DET over CHI7PHI over GSW8MEM over UTA10CLE over CHA11TOR over ORL11BOS over NOH18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
13.0Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 35

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 26, 32, 20, 19, 32, 20, 18, 35SEA @ MIA · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 15, 22, 23, 14, 22, 17, 26, 33LAC @ DEN · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 17, 15, 19, 19, 16, 17, 19, 29GSW vs PHI · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 54, 51, 40, 28, 34, 29, 35, 29PHI @ GSW · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 11, 12, 25, 37, 15, 19, 13, 28DET @ CHI · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 22, 33, 22, 29, 27, 31, 26, 28MIA vs SEA · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 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+6.4 35.5 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
Eddie JonesMIA+3.7 15.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Tim DuncanSAS−3.7 18.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−3.4 9.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Antoine WalkerATL−3.2 17.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season