FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 17, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CLE by 12 at halftime and won 90–87.

Final
CLE87
DET90
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -12; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +3
Final
CHA104
WAS106
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +2
Final
DAL114
LAL112
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +2
Final
IND80
MIA84
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +4
Final
SEA109
MIN94
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +15
Final
PHI83
NJN104
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +18; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +21
Final
BOS103
TOR98
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +5
Final · OT
ATL139
NYK135
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final
UTA82
POR100
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +18
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 17, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs MEM), 26 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Detroit rallies from 12 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 12 at the half, Detroit outscored the Cavaliers 50–35 the rest of the way. Final: 90–87. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. LeBron James scored 37 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final00-120+3DET AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2329132287
DET2317252590
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 19, 12, 13, 17, 6, 14, 4, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 26, 19, 23, 10, 28, 10, 4, 17DET17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 24, 20, 37, 40, 33, 27, 38, 37CLE37 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Ira NewblePoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 6, 6, 3, 2, 4, 10, 9, 19CLE19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.1Season avg36.2Last 5

36.2 points a game over his last five games, against 24.1 in 74 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg14.5Last 3

14.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 78 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg39.5Today

40 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 21.

WAS over CHA2DAL over LAL2DET over CLE3MIA over IND4ATL over NYK4BOS over TOR5SEA over MIN15POR over UTA18NJN over PHI21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 31, 21, 27, 32, 45, 22, 39, 43NJN vs PHI · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 24, 20, 37, 40, 33, 27, 38, 37CLE @ DET · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 27, 23, 30, 32, 18, 19, 32, 34SEA @ MIN · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 26, 15, 9, 19, 42, 18, 20, 33LAL vs DAL · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 22, 38, 48, 23, 28, 38, 43, 33PHI @ NJN · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 7, 15, 12, 23, 18, 11, 16, 32ATL @ NYK · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 1 REB · 6 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
Vince CarterNJN+8.7 33.0 last 10 · 24.3 season
Caron ButlerLAL+7.2 22.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jameer NelsonORL+6.1 14.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Josh SmithATL+6.1 15.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.8 15.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Jermaine O'NealIND−6.8 17.7 last 10 · 24.5 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−5.8 13.5 last 10 · 19.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.5 3.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season