FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 19, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by CLE (vs POR) and LAL (vs MIN).

Final
CHI83
BOS92
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +9
Final
PHI107
CHA105
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +2
Final
NYK81
TOR98
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +17
Final
ATL92
MIA111
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +19
Final
MIL90
NJN96
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +6
Final
IND87
NOH90
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +3
Final
LAC79
SAS80
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +1
Final
MEM88
PHX79
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +9
Final
CLE107
POR101
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +6
Final
MIN90
LAL93
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +3
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 19, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MIL), 34 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAL

Lakers win a tight one over Minnesota

93–90. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Chucky Atkins led Lakers with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3-2+3LAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2128182390
LAL2323192893
Who led
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 14, 15, 23, 5, 11, 20, 18, 25LAL25 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 21, 12, 18, 21, 16, 26, 16LAL16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 47, 23, 18, 25, 23, 19, 15, 17, 20, 27MIN27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 6, 19, 18, 12, 29, 25, 4, 23MIN23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 37 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Miami by 19.

SAS over LAC1PHI over CHA2NOH over IND3LAL over MIN3NJN over MIL6CLE over POR6BOS over CHI9MEM over PHX9TOR over NYK17MIA over ATL19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 33

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 15, 22, 16, 19, 17, 29, 23, 33NJN vs MIL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Lee NailonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 14, 6, 18, 16, 22, 32, 23, 30NOH vs IND · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 15, 26, 10, 24, 20, 26, 27, 30MIL @ NJN · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 18, 20, 21, 19, 18, 12, 28, 28IND @ NOH · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 19, 19, 22, 20, 18, 23, 21, 28BOS vs CHI · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 5, 10, 28, 19, 23, 19, 30, 28POR vs CLE · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 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
Damon StoudamirePOR+8.2 21.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Morris PetersonTOR+7.2 18.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+6.8 16.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.5 16.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Reggie MillerIND−5.4 8.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Austin CroshereIND−5.1 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−5.0 5.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Fred JonesIND−4.3 6.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season