FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 5, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed SEA by 11 after the first quarter and won 105–87.

Final
GSW83
BOS84
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +1
Final
MIN84
CHA102
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +18
Final
ATL85
CLE101
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +16
Final
SEA87
ORL105
Q1 ORL -11; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +18
Final
SAC93
TOR96
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +3
Final
NYK94
MIA102
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +8
Final
NJN74
MIL97
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +23
Final
CHI95
NOH89
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +6
Final
LAL104
DAL118
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +14
Final
PHX108
HOU98
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +10
Final
PHI106
UTA99
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
POR98
LAC102
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +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 · 2003–04Jan 5, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs POR), 42 points.
The lead · SEA @ ORL

Steve Francis scores 35, Orlando rallies past Seattle

Orlando trailed by 11 after one and won 105–87.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-11-3+9+18ORL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2623182087
ORL15313029105
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 12, 31, 29, 25, 24, 12, 19, 35ORL35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 16, 20, 13, 17, 26, 16, 13, 21ORL21 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 32, 20, 19, 32, 20, 18, 35, 30SEA30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 37, 26, 21, 22, 10, 17, 27, 17, 20SEA20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat New Jersey by 23.

BOS over GSW1TOR over SAC3LAC over POR4CHI over NOH6PHI over UTA7MIA over NYK8PHX over HOU10DAL over LAL14CLE over ATL16CHA over MIN18ORL over SEA18MIL over NJN23Final 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
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis 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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 12, 31, 29, 25, 24, 12, 19, 35ORL vs SEA · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 27, 25, 24, 31, 21, 16, 25, 33MIA vs NYK · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 16, 24, 21, 14, 17, 16, 19, 32SAC @ TOR · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 36, 11, 29, 42, 48, 42, 17, 32LAL @ DAL · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 22, 23, 14, 22, 17, 26, 33, 31LAC vs POR · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 26, 4, 8, 15, 2, 14, 19, 30PHI @ UTA · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 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+5.8 34.7 last 10 · 28.9 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+4.6 14.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Larry HughesWAS+4.4 25.1 last 10 · 20.7 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+4.1 28.1 last 10 · 24.0 season
Darius MilesPOR+4.0 16.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Tim DuncanSAS−4.6 17.2 last 10 · 21.8 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Antoine WalkerATL−3.3 17.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Joe JohnsonPHX−3.1 11.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season