FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 17, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHX by 10 at halftime and won 119–113.

Final
CLE88
MIN94
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +6
Final
DAL119
PHX113
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +6
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 17, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ MIL), 41 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Michael Finley scores 33, Dallas rallies past Phoenix

Dallas trailed by 10 at the half and won 119–113.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-10-4+6DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL22233836119
PHX22333226113
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 12, 13, 23, 16, 19, 23, 24, 33DAL33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 4, 4, 18, 14, 12, 10, 13, 30DAL30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 22, 23, 32, 22, 33, 9, 42, 31PHX31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 14, 17, 6, 8, 20, 21, 22, 22PHX22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIN

Minnesota leads Cleveland wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 94–88. Best quarter: the fourth, 28–23. Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 26 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs CLE
Wally Szczerbiak · MINLeBron James · CLEPTS2626REB17AST58Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg45.7Today

46 minutes today, against 32.8 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley 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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 12, 13, 23, 16, 19, 23, 24, 33DAL @ PHX · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 22, 23, 32, 22, 33, 9, 42, 31PHX vs DAL · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 4, 4, 18, 14, 12, 10, 13, 30DAL @ PHX · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 28, 31, 30, 15, 35, 25, 28, 26CLE @ MIN · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 16, 18, 12, 19, 19, 14, 14, 26MIN vs CLE · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 14, 23, 14, 23, 25, 30, 18, 24CLE @ MIN · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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+9.4 31.3 last 10 · 21.9 season
JR SmithNOH+7.0 14.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.8 25.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.2 13.3 last 10 · 7.1 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+6.1 21.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.3 1.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.9 14.0 last 10 · 18.9 season