FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 15, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed UTA by 13 at halftime and won 84–71.

Final
NYK84
CHI86
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -9; Q4 CHI +2
Final
CHA95
ATL103
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +8
Final
PHX103
WAS108
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +5
Final
PHI95
DET99
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +4
Final
ORL85
IND84
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +1
Final
MIL82
MEM101
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +19
Final
POR84
MIN92
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +8
Final
NJN93
DAL98
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +5
Final
SAS67
HOU73
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +6
Final
CLE84
UTA71
Q1 CLE -12; Q2 CLE -13; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +13
Final
LAC95
SAC99
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +4
Final
LAL104
GSW102
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +2
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 15, 2004: 6 games. Top scorer: Clifford Robinson (GSW vs CLE), 35 points.
The lead · CLE @ UTA

Cleveland rallies from 13 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 13 at the half, Cleveland outscored the Jazz 55–29 the rest of the way. Final: 84–71. LeBron James led Cleveland with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-13-4+13CLE AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1118243184
UTA2319151471
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 40, 3, 26, 20, 22, 29, 28, 27CLE27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 20, 10, 13, 16, 13, 8, 20, 24CLE24 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 20, 24, 11, 28, 13, 8, 15, 12UTA12 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 11, 2, 12, 10, 23, 21, 8, 12UTA12 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
12.9Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 35 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Memphis by 19.

ORL over IND1CHI over NYK2LAL over GSW2DET over PHI4SAC over LAC4WAS over PHX5DAL over NJN5HOU over SAS6ATL over CHA8MIN over POR8CLE over UTA13MEM over MIL19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal leads the day with 38

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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 31, 55, 32, 32, 16, 35, 29, 38IND vs ORL · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 25, 14, 22, 13, 28, 22, 23, 36SAC vs LAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 16, 31, 15, 22, 16, 19, 17, 29NJN @ DAL · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 15, 10, 5, 12, 9, 17, 14, 29GSW vs LAL · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 29, 35, 29, 23, 21, 21, 32, 28PHI @ DET · L
28.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 42, 25, 24, 26, 45, 30, 18, 28HOU vs SAS · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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+6.1 14.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+6.0 19.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Shaquille O'NealMIA+5.1 28.1 last 10 · 23.0 season
Larry HughesWAS+5.0 26.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−4.9 6.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Fred JonesIND−4.4 6.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
James JonesIND−3.4 2.4 last 10 · 5.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−3.4 7.3 last 10 · 10.7 season