FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 4, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NJN by 1 after the first quarter and won 112–88.

Final
MIL99
IND116
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +17
Final
NJN88
WAS112
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +24
Final
SAC105
NYK98
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +7
Final
PHX122
MIN115
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +7
Final
LAL83
SAS100
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +25; Q4 SAS +17
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 4, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ LAC), 44 points.
The lead · NJN @ WAS

Larry Hughes scores 33 in Washington rout of New Jersey

Final: 112–88, a 24-point win.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+4+24WAS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2523241688
WAS24242836112
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 25, 19, 13, 20, 30, 33, 26, 33WAS33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 19, 29, 22, 21, 17, 34, 17, 20WAS20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 12, 22, 5, 23, 25, 25, 16, 31NJN31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 10, 9, 2, 2, 4, 4, 13, 19NJN19 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg27.1Today

27 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · SAC @ NYK

Sacramento never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 105–98. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NYK7PHX over MIN7IND over MIL17SAS over LAL17WAS over NJN24Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over NYK.
Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal leads the day with 55

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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 8, 39, 33, 25, 20, 21, 16, 24, 31, 55IND vs MIL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +32.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high55 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 23, 28, 26, 15, 18, 17, 30, 47MIN vs PHX · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high47 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33, 37, 15, 50, 34PHX @ MIN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 25, 19, 13, 20, 30, 33, 26, 33WAS vs NJN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 12, 22, 5, 23, 25, 25, 16, 31NJN @ WAS · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 36, 12, 29, 18, 6, 9, 15, 28PHX @ MIN · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Larry HughesWAS+4.4 25.1 last 10 · 20.7 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−4.6 17.2 last 10 · 21.8 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
Latrell SprewellMIN−3.0 9.0 last 10 · 12.0 season