FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 31, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by LAC (vs NYK) and MEM (vs NOH).

Final
HOU97
BOS94
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
IND88
PHI89
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +1
Final
ORL79
ATL80
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +1
Final
MEM98
NOH91
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +7
Final
SAS103
SEA84
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +19
Final
NYK89
LAC96
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +7
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 31, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL vs DEN), 37 points.
The lead · MEM @ NOH

Memphis handles New Orleans by 7

The Grizzlies won the third quarter 30–20. Final: 98–91. Lorenzen Wright led Memphis with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-6-3+7+7MEM AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2122302598
NOH2719202591
Who led
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 5, 2, 17, 9, 12, 4, 4, 19MEM19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 18, 14, 10, 9, 18, 10, 4, 19MEM19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dan DickauPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 16, 17, 27, 16, 23, 19, 16, 19NOH19 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Lee NailonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 23, 30, 22, 9, 17, 14, 12, 14NOH14 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 19.

PHI over IND1ATL over ORL1HOU over BOS3MEM over NOH7LAC over NYK7SAS over SEA19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 32, 28, 29, 24, 38, 45, 27PHI vs IND · W
29.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 14, 24, 28, 23, 28, 26, 27, 24LAC vs NYK · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 32, 28, 14, 23, 18, 10, 32, 24ORL @ ATL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 17, 19, 9, 13, 17, 11, 14, 24IND @ PHI · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 11, 13, 15, 11, 18, 19, 24, 24BOS vs HOU · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 6, 13, 48, 10, 12, 25, 17, 23SAS @ SEA · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Chris KamanLAC+6.2 14.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Vince CarterNJN+6.2 25.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dan DickauNOH+6.2 18.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Keith Van HornMIL−6.7 5.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.4 2.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Austin CroshereIND−5.8 4.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.1 13.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Marc JacksonPHI−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season