FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 13, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by SAC (vs BOS) and TOR (vs LAC).

Final
SAS92
MIA96
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +4
Final
LAL89
CLE103
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +14
Final
CHI87
MIN83
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +4
Final
SAC104
BOS100
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +4
Final
MEM73
IND76
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +3
Final
DEN79
NJN94
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +15
Final
CHA99
NYK102
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +3
Final
NOH94
ORL97
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +3
Final
LAC106
TOR109
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +3
Final
DAL95
SEA92
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +3
Final
POR80
HOU81
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +1
Final · OT
PHX106
GSW102
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +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
The lead · LAC @ TOR

Toronto takes over late to edge Clippers

Down 4 after three, Toronto won the fourth 34–27. Final: 109–106. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+14-4+3TOR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC22273027106
TOR33301234109
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 27, 25, 16, 29, 6, 12, 15, 26TOR26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 29, 20, 16, 13, 5, 16, 9, 18TOR18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 27, 24, 17, 31, 21, 30, 15, 26LAC26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 11, 15, 26, 21, 27, 10, 24, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg7.8Last 3

7.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · SAC @ BOS

Sacramento takes care of Boston

A 4-point win, 104–100. Mike Bibby led Sacramento with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over POR1IND over MEM3NYK over CHA3ORL over NOH3TOR over LAC3DAL over SEA3MIA over SAS4CHI over MIN4SAC over BOS4PHX over GSW4CLE over LAL14NJN over DEN15Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over BOS.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 31

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 25, 19, 20, 32, 30, 27, 27, 31DAL @ SEA · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 24, 28, 14, 23, 14, 23, 25, 30CLE vs LAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 30, 29, 20, 25, 18, 30, 11, 28MIA vs SAS · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dan DickauPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 19, 18, 16, 14, 17, 17, 16, 28NOH @ ORL · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 15, 25, 26, 26, 27, 16, 32, 27MIA vs SAS · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 25, 17, 40, 35, 27, 16, 25, 27SAC @ BOS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+9.0 30.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+7.5 23.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Mike BibbySAC+7.3 26.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Brad MillerSAC+5.6 21.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Larry HughesWAS+5.0 26.2 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.2 2.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.3 12.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Keith Van HornMIL−5.1 5.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−5.0 4.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season