FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 2, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed IND by 17 at halftime and won 98–97.

Final
NJN89
BOS110
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +21
Final
TOR98
IND97
Q1 TOR -14; Q2 TOR -17; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +1
Final
HOU118
PHI95
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +23
Final
ATL84
DET99
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +15
Final
PHX108
MIN79
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +35; Q4 PHX +29
Final
DAL90
NOH82
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +8
Final
DEN94
POR97
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +3
Final · OT
SAC111
GSW107
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC -12; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
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 · 2003–04Feb 2, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs POR), 39 points.
The lead · TOR @ IND

Toronto erases 17-point lead, steals one from Indiana

Indiana led 53–36 at halftime. Toronto won the second half 62–44 to take it 98–97. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-17-5+1TOR AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1818303298
IND3221182697
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 19, 14, 16, 21, 27, 18, 27, 25TOR25 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 16, 24, 32, 22, 13, 18, 21, 22TOR22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 19, 9, 13, 17, 11, 14, 24, 18IND18 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jeff FosterPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 8, 2, 10, 6, 7, 5, 7, 16IND16 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 45 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 37 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Minnesota by 29, the widest margin of 8 games.

TOR over IND1POR over DEN3SAC over GSW4DAL over NOH8DET over ATL15BOS over NJN21HOU over PHI23PHX over MIN29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Brad Miller 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.
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 16, 10, 31, 19, 19, 27, 4, 38SAC @ GSW · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 35, 42, 26, 22, 31, 20, 29, 37GSW vs SAC · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 28, 27, 35, 33, 30, 28, 16, 34HOU @ PHI · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 22, 17, 33, 23, 34, 18, 22, 28BOS vs NJN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 32, 28, 29, 24, 38, 45, 27, 28PHI vs HOU · L
29.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 14, 16, 15, 10, 12, 4, 6, 27DEN @ POR · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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+10.4 25.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Vince CarterNJN+6.6 26.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nick Van ExelPOR+6.3 17.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Chris KamanLAC+6.2 14.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+6.1 28.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Cold
Keith Van HornMIL−7.0 4.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.3 2.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.3 13.1 last 10 · 18.4 season
Austin CroshereIND−4.9 5.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
Marc JacksonPHI−4.7 7.9 last 10 · 12.6 season