FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 22, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 11 after three quarters and won 100–96.

Final
BOS96
ATL100
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -11; Q4 ATL +4
Final
PHI111
ORL115
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +4
Final
CHI100
DET89
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +11
Final
WAS95
IND93
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +2
Final
LAC85
NOH88
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +3; Q4 NOH +3
Final
MEM110
UTA94
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +16
Final
MIN92
POR83
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +9
Final
CLE105
GSW87
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +18
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 22, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC @ CLE), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 11 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 11 after three, Atlanta outscored the Celtics 31–16 the rest of the way. Final: 100–96. Antoine Walker led Atlanta with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-2-3-11+4ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2327301696
ATL21262231100
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 21, 10, 21, 21, 14, 18, 25, 29ATL29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 22, 14, 14, 22, 22, 13, 21, 21ATL21 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Tony AllenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 0, 14, 16, 2, 0, 2, 2, 20BOS20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 22, 20, 18, 23, 21, 28, 22, 17BOS17 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 18.

WAS over IND2NOH over LAC3ATL over BOS4ORL over PHI4MIN over POR9CHI over DET11MEM over UTA16CLE over GSW18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 23, 21, 21, 32, 28, 29, 24, 38PHI @ ORL · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 16, 35, 29, 38, 27, 24, 26, 38IND vs WAS · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 40, 26, 20, 26, 3, 43, 23, 33WAS @ IND · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 18, 20, 26, 25, 16, 26, 14, 32DET vs CHI · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 21, 10, 21, 21, 14, 18, 25, 29ATL vs BOS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 22, 29, 28, 27, 35, 27, 18, 28CLE @ GSW · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 10 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+9.3 23.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Morris PetersonTOR+7.7 19.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+7.6 17.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.3 18.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Chris KamanLAC+5.9 13.1 last 10 · 7.2 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−4.3 9.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Keith Van HornMIL−3.9 9.4 last 10 · 13.3 season