FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 13, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NJN by 7 after the first quarter and won 94–85.

Final · OT
NJN85
HOU94
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +9
Final
UTA93
SAC107
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +14
Final
CLE94
LAL98
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +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 13, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Ricky Davis (BOS @ MIL), 33 points.
The lead · NJN @ HOU

Bob Sura scores 35, Houston wins in overtime

Tied 81–81 after regulation. Final: 94–85.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-2+10+9HOU AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN19241919485
HOU122922181394
Who led
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 3, 6, 24, 2, 20, 8, 12, 35HOU35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 34, 42, 25, 24, 26, 45, 30, 18HOU18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 25, 16, 31, 15, 22, 16, 19, 17NJN17 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 4, 13, 19, 12, 13, 22, 13, 16NJN16 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Second story · CLE @ LAL

Lakers handle Cleveland by 4

The Lakers won the fourth quarter 27–23. Final: 98–94. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over CLE4HOU over NJN9SAC over UTA14Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
43.2Season avg28.9Last 3

28.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 43.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Bob Sura 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.
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 3, 6, 24, 2, 20, 8, 12, 35HOU vs NJN · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 22, 40, 3, 26, 20, 22, 29, 28CLE @ LAL · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 26, 28, 21, 10, 17, 37, 27, 27SAC vs UTA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 15, 12, 10, 14, 20, 5, 13, 24LAL vs CLE · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 28, 25, 14, 22, 13, 28, 22, 23SAC vs UTA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 17, 11, 16, 14, 2, 14, 12, 21SAC vs UTA · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 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
Ruben PattersonPOR+5.1 13.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Morris PetersonTOR+4.9 15.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA+4.1 26.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Chris BoshTOR+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Darius MilesPOR+4.0 16.6 last 10 · 12.6 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