FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 28, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIL by 12 after three quarters and won 106–100.

Final
TOR94
CHA101
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +7
Final
CLE96
NYK99
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +3
Final
WAS101
ORL108
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +7
Final
MIA106
ATL96
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +10
Final
PHX128
BOS119
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +26; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +9
Final
UTA91
MIN93
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +2
Final · OT
PHI95
NOH99
Q1 NOH +12; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +4
Final
DEN106
MIL100
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -12; Q4 DEN +6
Final · OT
SAC117
HOU111
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +6
Final
LAC86
POR90
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +4
Final
SEA88
GSW85
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +3
Final
NJN109
LAL103
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +6
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 28, 2004: 12 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ NOH), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIL

Denver fights back late to top Milwaukee

Milwaukee led 80–68 after three. Denver won the fourth 38–20 and the game 106–100. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-11-1-12+6DEN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN20291938106
MIL31193020100
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 17, 13, 24, 10, 14, 32, 5, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 6, 16, 18, 25, 11, 16, 14, 17DEN17 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 20, 26, 27, 30, 13, 14, 27, 26MIL26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dan GadzuricPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 11, 4, 13, 6, 9, 10, 8, 19MIL19 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 12 games went past regulation.

MIN over UTA2NYK over CLE3SEA over GSW3NOH over PHI4POR over LAC4DEN over MIL6SAC over HOU6NJN over LAL6CHA over TOR7ORL over WAS7PHX over BOS9MIA over ATL10Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 42

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 26, 16, 8, 35, 33, 29, 23, 42PHX @ BOS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 21, 14, 18, 25, 29, 11, 15, 36ATL vs MIA · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 23, 21, 28, 22, 17, 33, 23, 34BOS vs PHX · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 21, 16, 26, 16, 14, 10, 16, 31LAL vs NJN · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 7, 23, 29, 19, 22, 8, 9, 31ORL vs WAS · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 45, 30, 18, 28, 28, 28, 27, 35, 33, 30HOU vs SAC · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 12 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+11.0 25.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+7.1 18.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+5.6 15.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dan DickauNOH+5.4 17.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Keith Van HornMIL−6.7 5.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.3 3.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Austin CroshereIND−5.7 4.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marc JacksonPHI−4.5 8.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.2 8.7 last 10 · 12.9 season