FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 12, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed NYK by 16 at halftime and won 105–93.

Final
BOS105
PHI98
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +7
Final
TOR105
NYK93
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -16; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +12
Final
POR89
SAS95
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +6
Final
NOH85
PHX99
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +14
Final
UTA85
LAC94
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +9
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 12, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Juwan Howard (ORL @ CHI), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

Toronto erases 16-point lead, steals one from New York

New York led 54–38 at halftime. Toronto won the second half 67–39 to take it 105–93. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-16+2+12TOR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR20183235105
NYK2232142593
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 16, 27, 18, 15, 11, 17, 18, 29TOR29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 11, 23, 22, 19, 30, 19, 26, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 45, 26, 15, 19, 30, 29, 17, 22NYK22 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 0, 2, 18, 4, 2, 8, 2, 17NYK17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · BOS @ PHI

Boston handles Philadelphia by 7

The Celtics won the third quarter 28–24. Final: 105–98. Paul Pierce led Boston with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over POR6BOS over PHI7LAC over UTA9TOR over NYK12PHX over NOH14Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg13.6Last 3

13.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 30

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 18, 15, 13, 8, 16, 2, 40, 30SAS vs POR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 16, 27, 18, 15, 11, 17, 18, 29TOR @ NYK · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 36, 20, 34, 26, 22, 38, 48, 23, 28PHI vs BOS · L
30.5 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 32, 21, 17, 26, 25, 26, 16, 27BOS @ PHI · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 14, 22, 9, 23, 44, 32, 10, 27PHX vs NOH · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 15, 7, 22, 33, 27, 13, 20, 25LAC vs UTA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Baron DavisGSW+6.8 26.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.8 29.7 last 10 · 23.9 season
Nenad KrsticNJN+5.7 15.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.7 15.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−6.0 3.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season