FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 12, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed POR by 5 after the first quarter and won 104–100.

Final
BOS93
TOR104
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +11
Final
POR100
WAS104
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +4
Final
NOH76
DET90
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +14
Final
ORL87
MIN80
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +7
Final
PHI78
CHI110
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +32
Final
MIL79
SAS94
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +15
Final
HOU124
DAL114
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +10
Final
LAL83
DEN95
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +12
Final
PHX108
UTA115
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +7
Final
MIA98
GSW91
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +7
Final
SEA92
LAC103
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +11
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 12, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK vs DAL), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ WAS

Washington extends win streak to 5

104–100 over Portland. Record: 20–13. Larry Hughes led Washington with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+2+13+4WAS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR27202033100
WAS22273124104
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 20, 30, 33, 26, 33, 21, 28, 26WAS26 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 21, 17, 34, 17, 20, 27, 40, 26WAS26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 2, 19, 9, 14, 12, 18, 22, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 12, 2, 8, 13, 5, 10, 28, 19POR19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Philadelphia by 32, the widest margin of 11 games.

WAS over POR4ORL over MIN7UTA over PHX7MIA over GSW7HOU over DAL10TOR over BOS11LAC over SEA11DEN over LAL12DET over NOH14SAS over MIL15CHI over PHI32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 35 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.2Season avg24.7Last 3

24.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Morris Peterson leads the day with 37

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.
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 5, 10, 12, 21, 19, 15, 21, 37TOR vs BOS · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +27.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 22, 17, 26, 33, 31, 15, 20, 31LAC vs SEA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 19, 18, 27, 11, 11, 7, 7, 31CHI vs PHI · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 20, 34, 42, 25, 24, 26, 45, 30HOU @ DAL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 8, 17, 9, 14, 8, 10, 6, 29HOU @ DAL · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 23, 23, 36, 29, 39, 25, 34, 28DAL vs HOU · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 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
Ruben PattersonPOR+5.1 13.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Morris PetersonTOR+4.9 15.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+4.3 29.2 last 10 · 24.9 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA+4.1 26.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Chris BoshTOR+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−4.6 7.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
James JonesIND−4.2 1.6 last 10 · 5.8 season
Fred JonesIND−4.0 7.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Eddie GriffinMIN−3.4 6.1 last 10 · 9.5 season