FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 29, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CHI by 8 after three quarters and won 101–97.

Final
ORL103
WAS97
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +6
Final
NYK61
DET91
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +30
Final
DEN95
IND88
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +7
Final
ATL83
MEM84
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +1
Final
BOS101
CHI97
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -8; Q4 BOS +4
Final
PHI93
DAL89
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +4
Final
NOH83
SAS93
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +10
Final
NJN99
UTA82
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +18; Q3 NJN +24; Q4 NJN +17
Final
GSW85
LAC96
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +11
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 29, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHI

Boston rallies from 8 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 8 after three, Boston outscored the Bulls 33–21 the rest of the way. Final: 101–97. Ricky Davis led Boston with 24 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-70-8+4BOS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS20272133101
CHI2720292197
Who led
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 30, 11, 13, 15, 11, 18, 19, 24BOS24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 15, 10, 16, 6, 8, 10, 5, 23BOS23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 17, 5, 5, 4, 15, 18, 6, 31CHI31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 12, 26, 18, 15, 19, 16, 8, 13CHI13 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.0Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 24.0 in 40 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 29 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat New York by 30.

MEM over ATL1BOS over CHI4PHI over DAL4ORL over WAS6DEN over IND7SAS over NOH10LAC over GSW11NJN over UTA17DET over NYK30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 37

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 3, 43, 23, 33, 30, 33, 30, 37WAS vs ORL · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 17, 32, 28, 14, 23, 18, 10, 32ORL @ WAS · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 17, 5, 5, 4, 15, 18, 6, 31CHI vs BOS · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 23, 33, 25, 32, 23, 17, 30, 30NJN @ UTA · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 18, 35, 42, 26, 22, 31, 20, 29GSW @ LAC · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 24, 14, 24, 28, 23, 28, 26, 27LAC vs GSW · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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
Vince CarterNJN+6.2 25.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+5.6 15.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Chris KamanLAC+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 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
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.1 13.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season