FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 21, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed PHX by 17 after three quarters and won 128–123.

Final
DAL105
CHA99
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +6
Final
TOR109
WAS118
Q1 WAS +15; Q2 WAS +23; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +9
Final
BOS98
NJN104
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +6
Final
HOU92
NYK91
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +1
Final · OT
IND106
MIA100
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +6
Final
ATL85
CHI95
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +10
Final
DET86
MIL89
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +3
Final
MEM82
DEN92
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +10
Final
GSW101
LAL105
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +4
Final · OT
SAS128
PHX123
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -17; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +5
Final
MIN112
SEA107
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +5
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 21, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs ORL), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ PHX

Manu Ginobili scores 48 as San Antonio beats Phoenix

San Antonio won 128–123. Manu Ginobili: 48 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists. Shawn Marion scored 37 for Phoenix in the loss.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00-1-170+5SAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS2431164017128
PHX2432322312123
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 18, 22, 18, 15, 22, 6, 13, 48SAS48 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 19, 24, 21, 25, 18, 11, 12, 30SAS30 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 26, 20, 12, 14, 11, 18, 37PHX37 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 20, 34, 19, 26, 26, 16, 8, 35PHX35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

HOU over NYK1MIL over DET3LAL over GSW4SAS over PHX5MIN over SEA5DAL over CHA6NJN over BOS6IND over MIA6WAS over TOR9CHI over ATL10DEN over MEM10Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 48

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 18, 22, 18, 15, 22, 6, 13, 48SAS @ PHX · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +33.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high48 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 26, 20, 12, 14, 11, 18, 37PHX vs SAS · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 45, 30, 18, 28, 28, 28, 27, 35HOU @ NYK · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 20, 34, 19, 26, 26, 16, 8, 35PHX vs SAS · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 6, 12, 14, 9, 11, 25, 17, 34MIN @ SEA · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 21, 5, 4, 18, 19, 16, 24, 32TOR @ WAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+7.7 19.0 last 10 · 11.3 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
Austin CroshereIND−5.1 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−4.7 5.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.6 9.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Keith Van HornMIL−3.9 9.4 last 10 · 13.3 season