FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 23, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed NJN by 7 after the first quarter and won 100–81.

Final
CHI91
CLE100
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +9
Final · OT
MIA91
IND93
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
MEM83
WAS93
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +10
Final
NJN81
MIL100
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +19
Final
SEA103
NOH85
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +22; Q4 SEA +18
Final
BOS86
DEN107
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +27; Q4 DEN +21
Final
LAC101
PHX118
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +17
Final
HOU81
SAS99
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +18
Final
DAL101
UTA83
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +18
Final
LAL86
POR83
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +3
Final
ATL96
GSW101
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +5
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 23, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (NOH @ CLE), 34 points.
The lead · NJN @ MIL

Milwaukee beats New Jersey, 100–81

Milwaukee led 77–62 after three and won by 19. Desmond Mason led Milwaukee with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+15+19MIL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2820141981
MIL21263023100
Who led
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 13, 11, 18, 23, 6, 18, 20, 15MIL15 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 0, 8, 4, 11, 4, 3, 5, 14MIL14 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 41, 43, 27, 43, 23, 32, 21, 22, 26NJN26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 22, 28, 11, 13, 11, 19, 20, 11NJN11 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
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
7.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg36.2Today

36 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio handles Houston by 18

The Spurs won the third quarter 29–21. Final: 99–81. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over MIA2LAL over POR3GSW over ATL5CLE over CHI9WAS over MEM10PHX over LAC17SEA over NOH18SAS over HOU18DAL over UTA18MIL over NJN19DEN over BOS21Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over HOU.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 25, 18, 30, 11, 28, 28, 21, 38MIA @ IND · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 23, 14, 23, 25, 30, 18, 24, 33CLE vs CHI · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 27, 31, 16, 2, 26, 40, 21, 31LAL @ POR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 13, 21, 32, 20, 18, 26, 30, 31GSW vs ATL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 31, 43, 24, 35, 24, 34, 11, 30WAS vs MEM · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 20, 12, 21, 17, 16, 20, 19, 30SAS vs HOU · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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+8.0 30.0 last 10 · 22.0 season
JR SmithNOH+7.8 15.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.7 13.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.5 25.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.5 21.0 last 10 · 14.5 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−4.7 14.0 last 10 · 18.7 season