FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 9, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed LAC by 18 at halftime and won 94–89.

Final
LAC89
BOS94
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -18; Q3 BOS -8; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CHA87
IND94
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +18; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +7
Final
MEM98
PHI95
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +3
Final
MIL110
TOR107
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL +3
Final
SAS87
WAS95
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +8
Final · OT
LAL104
NJN103
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final · OT
MIA116
NYK110
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +6
Final
DEN92
MIN98
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +6
Final
CHI92
HOU105
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +13
Final
NOH91
POR80
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +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 · 2003–04Feb 9, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ CLE), 32 points.
The lead · LAC @ BOS

Boston erases 18-point lead, steals one from Clippers

Clippers led 60–42 at halftime. Boston won the second half 52–29 to take it 94–89. Paul Pierce led Boston with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-7-18-8+5BOS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC3129131689
BOS2418232994
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 34, 18, 22, 28, 18, 32, 7, 25BOS25 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 8, 8, 14, 11, 13, 8, 8, 17BOS17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 28, 26, 27, 24, 17, 31, 21, 30LAC30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 28, 14, 10, 20, 14, 20, 8, 21LAC21 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 13.

LAL over NJN1MEM over PHI3MIL over TOR3BOS over LAC5MIA over NYK6MIN over DEN6IND over CHA7WAS over SAS8NOH over POR11HOU over CHI13Final 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
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg46.9Today

47 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 24, 38, 45, 27, 28, 22, 28, 38PHI vs MEM · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 11, 22, 10, 20, 10, 37, 33, 30, 36NYK vs MIA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 23, 28, 18, 26, 30, 9, 24, 35WAS vs SAS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 28, 26, 27, 24, 17, 31, 21, 30LAC @ BOS · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 23, 22, 22, 25, 17, 23, 30, 30POR vs NOH · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 16, 19, 30, 29, 20, 25, 18, 30MIA @ NYK · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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+8.6 24.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Vince CarterNJN+8.4 29.6 last 10 · 21.2 season
Chucky AtkinsLAL+5.8 19.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Brad MillerSAC+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jalen RoseTOR+5.7 22.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.6 2.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Marc JacksonPHI−5.9 6.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Keith Van HornMIL−5.6 5.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season