FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 25, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by DEN (vs MEM) and SEA (vs MIN).

Final
CHA86
NJN93
Q1 NJN +12; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +7
Final
CLE82
IND106
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +24
Final · OT
DEN97
MEM94
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN -9; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
WAS90
CHI97
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +7
Final
TOR106
MIL102
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +4
Final
BOS109
UTA102
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +7
Final
ATL101
POR102
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +1
Final
DET111
LAL90
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +21
Final
MIN88
SEA98
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA -9; Q3 SEA -5; Q4 SEA +10
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 25, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs UTA), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ MEM

Denver needs overtime to survive Memphis

Tied 91–91 after regulation. Denver won the final period 6–3 for a 97–94 win. Earl Boykins led Denver with 19 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1+10-90+3DEN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN20301229697
MEM19213120394
Who led
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 20, 19, 20, 7, 12, 16, 8, 19DEN19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 6, 8, 15, 6, 17, 12, 6, 17DEN17 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Brian CardinalPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 13, 14, 7, 9, 9, 17, 14, 28MEM28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 13, 14, 4, 3, 2, 5, 14, 17MEM17 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.1Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pacers rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Cleveland by 24.

POR over ATL1DEN over MEM3TOR over MIL4NJN over CHA7CHI over WAS7BOS over UTA7SEA over MIN10DET over LAL21IND over CLE24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 36

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 43, 24, 35, 24, 34, 11, 30, 36WAS @ CHI · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 26, 34, 21, 10, 26, 29, 25, 32SEA vs MIN · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 24, 24, 12, 23, 17, 20, 14, 31MIN @ SEA · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 19, 12, 28, 4, 26, 7, 12, 31POR vs ATL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 27, 17, 25, 8, 20, 11, 12, 29UTA vs BOS · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brian CardinalPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 13, 14, 7, 9, 9, 17, 14, 28MEM vs DEN · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 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+8.5 30.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
JR SmithNOH+7.8 15.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mike BibbySAC+7.3 26.5 last 10 · 19.2 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.5 13.7 last 10 · 7.2 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.5 13.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season