FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 14, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed POR by 17 after the first quarter and won 112–106.

Final
MEM109
CHA89
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +20
Final
PHX83
IND101
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +18
Final
TOR96
PHI106
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +10
Final
ATL94
BOS106
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +12
Final
ORL94
DET101
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +7
Final
POR106
NOH112
Q1 NOH -17; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +6
Final
DAL95
SAS98
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +3
Final
WAS105
MIL103
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS -5; Q4 WAS +2
Final
MIN93
DEN83
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +10
Final · 2OT
MIA112
LAC114
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC 0; OT2 LAC +2
Final
GSW84
SEA103
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +19
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 14, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs MIN), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ NOH

New Orleans storms back from 17 down to beat Portland

The Hornets trailed by 17 after one and won 112–106. Dan Dickau led New Orleans with 25 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. Damon Stoudamire scored 54 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17+3+9+6NOH AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR40231726106
NOH23432323112
Who led
Dan DickauPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 8, 10, 4, 9, 15, 17, 7, 25NOH25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 18, 18, 21, 19, 26, 21, 16, 22NOH22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 19, 9, 14, 12, 18, 22, 23, 54POR54 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 2, 8, 13, 5, 10, 28, 19, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 54 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg15.8Last 3

15.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 15 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Charlotte by 20.

WAS over MIL2LAC over MIA2SAS over DAL3NOH over POR6DET over ORL7PHI over TOR10MIN over DEN10BOS over ATL12IND over PHX18SEA over GSW19MEM over CHA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Damon Stoudamire leads the day with 54

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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 19, 9, 14, 12, 18, 22, 23, 54POR @ NOH · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +42.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high54 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 16, 25, 33, 28, 28, 34, 26, 39MIA @ LAC · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 23, 36, 29, 39, 25, 34, 28, 36DAL @ SAS · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 34, 29, 35, 29, 23, 21, 21, 32PHI vs TOR · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 12, 19, 35, 10, 16, 18, 17, 31ORL @ DET · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 15, 8, 23, 7, 19, 10, 15, 22, 30BOS vs ATL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Morris PetersonTOR+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+5.4 18.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA+5.1 28.1 last 10 · 23.0 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+4.7 13.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Larry HughesWAS+4.1 25.3 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−4.8 6.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
James JonesIND−3.8 2.1 last 10 · 5.9 season
Fred JonesIND−3.7 7.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−3.4 3.7 last 10 · 7.1 season