FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 6, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 102–101.

Final
MIL97
BOS103
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CLE77
IND98
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +21
Final · OT
CHI102
ORL101
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +1
Final
CHA103
PHI106
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MEM104
TOR74
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +28; Q3 MEM +33; Q4 MEM +30
Final
WAS93
DET105
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +12
Final
DEN94
NOH83
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +11
Final
LAC82
SAS91
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +9
Final
UTA86
MIN111
Q1 MIN +23; Q2 MIN +22; Q3 MIN +35; Q4 MIN +25
Final
GSW104
POR102
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +2
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 6, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ CLE), 32 points.
The lead · CHI @ ORL

Chicago needs overtime to survive Orlando

Tied 95–95 after regulation. Chicago won the final period 7–6 for a 102–101 win. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 25 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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.Final0-130-10+1CHI AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHI163321257102
ORL292022246101
Who led
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 7, 27, 21, 12, 13, 9, 0, 25CHI25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 13, 3, 13, 6, 15, 12, 11, 15CHI15 PTS · 22 REB · 0 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 19, 17, 30, 16, 21, 33, 16, 28ORL28 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 11, 15, 18, 18, 19, 0, 18, 18ORL18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 68 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Toronto by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

CHI over ORL1GSW over POR2PHI over CHA3BOS over MIL6SAS over LAC9DEN over NOH11DET over WAS12IND over CLE21MIN over UTA25MEM over TOR30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 48

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 39, 36, 20, 34, 26, 22, 38, 48PHI vs CHA · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
48 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 19, 17, 30, 16, 21, 33, 16, 28ORL vs CHI · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 21, 31, 25, 26, 30, 12, 9, 28WAS @ DET · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 14, 13, 16, 0, 11, 8, 2, 27POR vs GSW · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 6, 7, 15, 18, 36, 27, 13, 27BOS vs MIL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 4, 10, 9, 8, 24, 20, 13, 18, 26MEM @ TOR · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 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
Caron ButlerLAL+6.8 21.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
JR SmithNOH+6.2 15.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
Baron DavisGSW+6.1 24.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Nenad KrsticNJN+6.0 15.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.9 15.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.8 6.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.5 4.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.2 14.6 last 10 · 19.8 season