FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 8, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed UTA by 9 after three quarters and won 89–86.

Final
NYK79
CLE104
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +31; Q3 CLE +28; Q4 CLE +25
Final
DEN90
SAS99
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +9
Final
NJN101
ORL104
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +3
Final
MIN114
WAS117
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final · OT
SAC117
NOH121
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +4
Final
BOS91
CHI102
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +11
Final
IND101
DAL121
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +20
Final
UTA86
MIL89
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL -9; Q4 MIL +3
Final
PHX108
LAC91
Q1 PHX +19; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +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 8, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ NYK), 27 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs out of a 9-point hole against Utah

Down 9 after three, the Bucks won the fourth quarter 31–19 and the game 89–86. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6-9+3MIL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2221241986
MIL1819213189
Who led
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 4, 39, 28, 29, 21, 18, 19, 13, 15, 26MIL26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Marcus FizerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 15, 5, 8, 7, 13, 8, 2, 12MIL12 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 16, 23, 25, 14, 20, 24, 11, 28UTA28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Keith McLeodPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 11, 4, 14, 12, 0, 0, 3, 15UTA15 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.7Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg37.6Today

38 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 25.

ORL over NJN3WAS over MIN3MIL over UTA3NOH over SAC4SAS over DEN9CHI over BOS11PHX over LAC17DAL over IND20CLE over NYK25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 40

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 22, 21, 17, 34, 17, 20, 27, 40WAS vs MIN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 19, 18, 26, 28, 21, 10, 17, 37SAC @ NOH · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 15, 23, 23, 36, 29, 39, 25, 34DAL vs IND · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 7, 21, 10, 20, 21, 5, 16, 33DAL vs IND · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 20, 21, 16, 24, 31, 55, 32, 32IND @ DAL · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 13, 20, 30, 33, 26, 33, 21, 28WAS vs MIN · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 8 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+4.3 14.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Darius MilesPOR+4.0 16.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+3.9 28.0 last 10 · 24.1 season
Larry HughesWAS+3.8 24.8 last 10 · 21.0 season
Cold
James JonesIND−3.9 2.1 last 10 · 6.0 season
Rasual ButlerMIA−3.8 2.8 last 10 · 6.6 season
Travis BestNJN−3.6 4.2 last 10 · 7.8 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Fred JonesIND−3.6 8.3 last 10 · 11.9 season