FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 15, 2005Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed TOR by 14 at halftime and won 101–90.

Final
NJN101
TOR90
Q1 NJN -10; Q2 NJN -14; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +11
Final
MIA99
BOS101
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +2
Final
MIL73
DET99
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +26
Final
PHI90
IND86
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +4
Final
CLE111
WAS119
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +8
Final
ORL77
CHI117
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +40
Final
MEM102
DEN111
Q1 DEN +18; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +9
Final
MIN100
UTA84
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +16
Final
LAC91
PHX98
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +7
Final
POR88
GSW108
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +20
Final
SAC115
LAL106
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +9
Final
NOH72
SEA97
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +25
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · NJN @ TOR

Vince Carter scores 39 as New Jersey wins in Toronto

Final: 101–90. Vince Carter made 15 of 26 shots from the field.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-10-14-1+11NJN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN19223228101
TOR2926191690
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 39, 31, 31, 21, 27, 32, 45, 22, 39NJN39 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brian ScalabrinePoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 12, 7, 8, 12, 12, 4, 5, 16NJN16 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 23, 22, 19, 30, 19, 26, 25, 20TOR20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 27, 18, 15, 11, 17, 18, 29, 18TOR18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
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
7.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 51 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Orlando by 40, the widest margin of 12 games.

BOS over MIA2PHI over IND4PHX over LAC7WAS over CLE8DEN over MEM9SAC over LAL9NJN over TOR11MIN over UTA16GSW over POR20SEA over NOH25DET over MIL26CHI over ORL40Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 43

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: 20, 34, 26, 22, 38, 48, 23, 28, 38, 43PHI @ IND · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 39, 31, 31, 21, 27, 32, 45, 22, 39NJN @ TOR · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 37, 24, 20, 37, 40, 33, 27, 38CLE @ WAS · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 27, 18, 30, 24, 31, 17, 14, 34LAL vs SAC · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 23, 25, 26, 28, 24, 34, 13, 34MIA @ BOS · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 22, 43, 19, 14, 44, 8, 21, 33WAS vs CLE · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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+8.7 24.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Josh SmithATL+6.7 16.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Vince CarterNJN+6.2 30.3 last 10 · 24.1 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.4 15.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Reggie MillerIND+5.3 20.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−6.1 3.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−5.1 14.3 last 10 · 19.4 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season