FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 13, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NJN by 12 after the first quarter and won 90–86.

Final
ATL84
CHA105
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +25; Q3 CHA +30; Q4 CHA +21
Final
ORL94
DET103
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +9
Final
NJN86
IND90
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +4
Final
BOS111
MIL108
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +3
Final
GSW100
MIN116
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +16
Final
CHI82
WAS93
Q1 WAS +16; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +11
Final
MEM92
HOU100
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +8
Final
NOH102
DEN116
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +25; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +14
Final
SAS91
UTA93
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +2
Final
DAL95
SEA90
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +5
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 13, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs GSW), 45 points.
The lead · NJN @ IND

Indiana climbs out of a 12-point hole against New Jersey

Down 12 after one, the Pacers won the third quarter 31–18 and the game 90–86. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-11+2+4IND AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3019181986
IND1820312190
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 31, 12, 13, 17, 18, 34, 19, 22IND22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 13, 29, 15, 33, 23, 17, 27, 9, 17IND17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 13, 8, 18, 20, 13, 28, 4, 29NJN29 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 39, 31, 31, 21, 27, 32, 45, 22NJN22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 74 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.0Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bobcats rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Atlanta by 21.

UTA over SAS2BOS over MIL3IND over NJN4DAL over SEA5HOU over MEM8DET over ORL9WAS over CHI11DEN over NOH14MIN over GSW16CHA over ATL21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Mike Miller leads the day with 37

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.
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 14, 22, 16, 8, 30, 21, 13, 37MEM @ HOU · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 21, 17, 26, 25, 26, 16, 27, 32BOS @ MIL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 36, 29, 21, 21, 16, 24, 19, 31DAL @ SEA · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 18, 19, 0, 18, 18, 10, 17, 30ORL @ DET · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 13, 8, 18, 20, 13, 28, 4, 29NJN @ IND · L
14.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 15, 29, 19, 23, 21, 10, 20, 28HOU vs MEM · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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
Josh SmithATL+6.7 16.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
JR SmithNOH+5.5 15.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.4 15.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Baron DavisGSW+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.7 3.7 last 10 · 9.4 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