FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 27, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET88
IND76
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +12
Final
CHA93
CHI101
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +8
Final
SAC80
SAS90
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +10
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 27, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ SEA), 43 points.
The lead · CHA @ CHI

Chicago makes it five straight

Chicago beat Charlotte 101–93 and moved to 22–19. Andres Nocioni led Chicago with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+6+1+8CHI AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2123292093
CHI29212427101
Who led
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 6, 13, 0, 2, 11, 4, 12, 17CHI17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 0, 0, 2, 5, 3, 2, 2, 16CHI16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kareem RushPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 8, 15, 11, 9, 11, 11, 17, 24CHA24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason HartPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 4, 19, 6, 19, 13, 14, 5, 17CHA17 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Second story · SAC @ SAS

San Antonio leads Sacramento wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 90–80. Best quarter: the first, 30–24. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over CHA8SAS over SAC10DET over IND12Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal leads the day with 27

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, 35, 29, 38, 27, 24, 26, 38, 24, 27IND vs DET · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 22, 6, 13, 48, 10, 12, 25SAS vs SAC · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kareem RushPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 8, 15, 11, 9, 11, 11, 17, 24CHA @ CHI · L
7.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 25, 18, 11, 12, 30, 23, 24, 20SAS vs SAC · W
21.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 12, 9, 12, 18, 13, 22, 7, 20DET @ IND · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 21, 10, 4, 16, 16, 10, 31, 19SAC @ SAS · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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+10.8 25.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.2 18.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Morris PetersonTOR+6.9 18.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+6.1 15.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chris KamanLAC+5.7 13.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Austin CroshereIND−5.7 4.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Keith Van HornMIL−5.2 7.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−4.9 4.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.2 8.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Marc JacksonPHI−3.9 9.2 last 10 · 13.1 season