FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 27, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NOH by 7 after three quarters and won 94–93.

Final
CLE98
NJN104
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +6
Final
LAL102
TOR108
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
SEA73
MIL99
Q1 MIL +21; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +26
Final
UTA99
HOU92
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +7
Final
SAC110
WAS108
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +2
Final
DEN94
NOH93
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +1
Final
MIA112
ORL103
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +9
Final · OT
BOS120
PHX113
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +7
Final
MIN91
POR83
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +8
Final
DET94
GSW88
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +6
Final
ATL104
LAC111
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +7
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 27, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs CLE), 35 points.
The lead · DEN @ NOH

Carmelo Anthony scores 31 as Denver wins in New Orleans

Final: 94–93. Carmelo Anthony made 8 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-6-7+1DEN AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2519232794
NOH2525241993
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 21, 14, 18, 22, 21, 19, 12, 31DEN31 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 19, 20, 7, 12, 16, 8, 19, 16DEN16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dan DickauPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 17, 17, 16, 28, 10, 13, 13, 22NOH22 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Casey JacobsenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 21, 4, 15, 12, 8, 1, 5, 15NOH15 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Seattle by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

DEN over NOH1SAC over WAS2NJN over CLE6TOR over LAL6DET over GSW6UTA over HOU7BOS over PHX7LAC over ATL7MIN over POR8MIA over ORL9MIL over SEA26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 43

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: 31, 43, 24, 35, 24, 34, 11, 30, 36, 43WAS vs SAC · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high43 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 26, 19, 38SAC @ WAS · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 32, 26, 17, 29, 39, 11, 14, 35MIL vs SEA · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 43, 23, 32, 21, 22, 26, 28, 34NJN vs CLE · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 28, 16, 16, 11, 39, 14, 28, 34ORL vs MIA · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 25, 21, 22, 21, 23, 27, 24, 33BOS @ PHX · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 6 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
JR SmithNOH+7.8 15.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.6 29.9 last 10 · 22.3 season
Damon JonesMIA+6.2 17.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+6.0 19.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Melvin ElyCHA+5.7 12.9 last 10 · 7.2 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
Sam CassellMIN−5.2 8.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season