FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 2, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by DEN (vs POR) and ORL (vs NJN).

Final
ORL103
NJN102
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +1
Final
MIA111
NOH99
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +12
Final
CHA97
CHI112
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +15
Final
LAL94
SAS95
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +1
Final
DEN103
POR97
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +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 · 2003–04Apr 2, 2004: 12 games. Top scorer: Corey Maggette (LAC @ CHI), 34 points.
The lead · ORL @ NJN

Steve Francis scores 33, Orlando holds off New Jersey

Final: 103–102. Steve Francis added 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final00-2-5+1ORL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL25252231103
NJN25272525102
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 25, 15, 19, 17, 30, 16, 21, 33ORL33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 4, 21, 14, 12, 17, 18, 22, 15ORL15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 18, 15, 21, 4, 15, 17, 10, 28NJN28 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 39, 33, 22, 16, 39, 31, 31, 21NJN21 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DEN @ POR

Denver makes it three straight

Denver beat Portland 103–97 and moved to 41–31. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
Wvs CHA120–101Wvs LAC115–96Wvs MIL114–103Wvs WAS127–98Wvs LAL117–96Wvs SAC113–99L@ PHX114–123W@ UTA109–98Wvs SAS102–84W@ POR103–97DEN: last 10 games through Apr 2, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 46 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 67 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 34

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 25, 33, 23, 25, 26, 28, 24, 34MIA @ NOH · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 25, 15, 19, 17, 30, 16, 21, 33ORL @ NJN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 27, 30, 20, 35, 19, 27, 37, 33MIA @ NOH · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 17, 13, 23, 12, 15, 17, 29, 28CHA @ CHI · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 18, 15, 21, 4, 15, 17, 10, 28NJN vs ORL · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 19, 29, 12, 22, 13, 26, 22, 27LAL @ SAS · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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
Reggie MillerIND+6.8 21.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.6 14.1 last 10 · 7.5 season
JR SmithNOH+6.3 16.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.6 15.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Nenad KrsticNJN+5.4 15.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.6 6.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Pau GasolMEM−5.5 12.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.0 14.6 last 10 · 19.6 season