FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 8, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 125–123.

Final
SAS104
CHA85
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +19
Final
TOR91
CLE104
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +13
Final
GSW113
ORL109
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +4
Final
MIN96
MEM108
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +25; Q4 MEM +12
Final
BOS97
MIL121
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +32; Q3 MIL +37; Q4 MIL +24
Final
CHI107
DAL100
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +7
Final
UTA87
DEN97
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +10
Final
PHX125
SAC123
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +2
Final
NOH91
SEA108
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +17
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 8, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK vs LAC), 42 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAC

Steve Nash scores 33, Phoenix rallies past Sacramento

Phoenix trailed by 9 after one and won 125–123.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-9-4-4+2PHX AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX24363035125
SAC33313029123
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 9, 21, 13, 19, 7, 15, 26, 33PHX33 PTS · 2 REB · 17 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 24, 17, 17, 24, 30, 14, 6, 28PHX28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 17, 28, 21, 25, 17, 40, 35, 27SAC27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 23, 32, 27, 6, 16, 30, 20, 24SAC24 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Second story · CHI @ DAL

Chicago handles Dallas by 7

The Bulls won the fourth quarter 34–27. Final: 107–100. Luol Deng led Chicago with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over SAC2GSW over ORL4CHI over DAL7DEN over UTA10MEM over MIN12CLE over TOR13SEA over NOH17SAS over CHA19MIL over BOS24Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.6Season avg23.8Last 3

23.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Steve Nash leads the day with 33

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.
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 9, 21, 13, 19, 7, 15, 26, 33PHX @ SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 17 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 31, 20, 29, 37, 25, 13, 21, 32GSW @ ORL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 9, 13, 12, 12, 8, 4, 18, 30CHI @ DAL · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 24, 17, 17, 24, 30, 14, 6, 28PHX @ SAC · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 18, 22, 27, 19, 21, 8, 17, 28ORL vs GSW · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 8, 15, 8, 8, 10, 6, 22, 28MIL vs BOS · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Vince CarterNJN+8.4 29.4 last 10 · 21.0 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+8.0 23.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Chucky AtkinsLAL+6.9 20.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Dan DickauNOH+5.8 18.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Brad MillerSAC+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.6 2.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Marc JacksonPHI−6.2 6.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Keith Van HornMIL−5.6 5.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season