FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 8, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 17 after the first quarter and won 109–101.

Final
DET114
ORL102
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +12
Final
CLE98
PHI103
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +5
Final · OT
ATL101
TOR109
Q1 TOR -17; Q2 TOR -14; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +8
Final
WAS83
IND93
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +10
Final
MIA81
MEM97
Q1 MEM +18; Q2 MEM +25; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +16
Final
UTA98
NOH87
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +11
Final
CHI102
NYK94
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +8
Final
CHA75
MIL93
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +18
Final
DEN107
MIN104
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +3
Final
SAC119
POR115
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +4
Final
PHX119
GSW127
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -10; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +8
Final
LAL117
SEA94
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +23
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 8, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (MIN @ SAC), 29 points.
The lead · ATL @ TOR

Jalen Rose drops 30 in 17-point comeback win over Atlanta

Atlanta led by 17 after one. Final: 109–101.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-17-14-40+8TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL311626235101
TOR1419362713109
Who led
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 8, 26, 8, 11, 23, 22, 19, 30TOR30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 4, 14, 15, 15, 13, 22, 13, 26TOR26 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Predrag DrobnjakPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 0, 8, 0, 2, 0, 13, 6, 21ATL21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 1, 13, 24, 21, 13, 11, 18, 6, 18, 20ATL20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ POR

Sacramento rallies from 10 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 10 after one, Sacramento outscored the Trail Blazers 94–80 the rest of the way. Final: 119–115. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 35 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs POR
Peja Stojakovic · SACShareef Abdur-Rahim · PORPTS3523REB413AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 44

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 40, 23, 25, 14, 22, 9, 23, 44PHX @ GSW · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 43, 18, 34, 32, 26, 15, 9, 19, 42LAL @ SEA · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 44, 22, 26, 35, 37, 24, 20, 37CLE @ PHI · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 38, 24, 26, 15, 22, 25, 24, 35SAC @ POR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 13, 26, 22, 27, 18, 30, 24, 31LAL @ SEA · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 8, 26, 8, 11, 23, 22, 19, 30TOR vs ATL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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+7.2 22.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Nenad KrsticNJN+5.9 15.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
JR SmithNOH+5.8 15.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Josh SmithATL+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.5 29.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.8 6.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.9 3.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.2 14.6 last 10 · 19.8 season