FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 22, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed HOU by 8 after the first quarter and won 87–85.

Final
MIL112
CHA102
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +10
Final
IND108
ORL84
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +24
Final
NYK88
DET97
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +9
Final
TOR100
NJN82
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +18
Final · OT
MIA101
CHI105
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +4
Final
SEA87
HOU85
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA -7; Q3 SEA -5; Q4 SEA +2
Final
ATL104
SAC114
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +10
Final
BOS95
LAL104
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +9
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 22, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU vs ATL), 41 points.
The lead · SEA @ HOU

Seattle rallies from 8 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 8 after one, Seattle outscored the Rockets 67–57 the rest of the way. Final: 87–85. Ray Allen led Seattle with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-8-7-5+2SEA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2024172687
HOU2823151985
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 26, 25, 26, 34, 21, 10, 26, 29SEA29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 24, 18, 10, 23, 23, 18, 17, 23SEA23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 12, 23, 23, 21, 16, 23, 23, 30HOU30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 11, 15, 19, 13, 13, 8, 18, 19HOU19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 54 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Indiana by 24.

SEA over HOU2CHI over MIA4DET over NYK9LAL over BOS9MIL over CHA10SAC over ATL10TOR over NJN18IND over ORL24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 39

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 ReddPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 26, 23, 19, 32, 26, 17, 29, 39MIL @ CHA · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 20, 24, 19, 23, 14, 15, 12, 30SAC vs ATL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 12, 23, 23, 21, 16, 23, 23, 30HOU vs SEA · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 26, 22, 21, 26, 23, 8, 25, 30TOR @ NJN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 31, 17, 25, 16, 9, 21, 24, 17, 29CHI vs MIA · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 26, 25, 26, 34, 21, 10, 26, 29SEA @ HOU · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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+8.6 30.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
JR SmithNOH+7.0 14.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.7 13.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.5 25.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+6.1 21.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 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