FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 19, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 14 at halftime and won 119–115.

Final
BOS86
CLE100
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +14
Final
DET95
ATL68
Q1 DET +16; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +28; Q4 DET +27
Final
CHA80
MIA99
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +19
Final
WAS101
NJN109
Q1 NJN +19; Q2 NJN +21; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +8
Final
TOR127
MIL109
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +18
Final
NYK91
CHI92
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -7; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +1
Final
SEA96
DAL101
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +5
Final
POR115
DEN119
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +4
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 19, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs HOU), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony scores 36, Denver rallies past Portland

Denver trailed by 14 at the half and won 119–115. Darius Miles scored 47 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-6-14+2+4DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR28421827115
DEN22343429119
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 26, 24, 32, 19, 22, 16, 36, 36DEN36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 4, 23, 12, 18, 10, 9, 2, 24DEN24 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 15, 13, 23, 2, 18, 6, 11, 47POR47 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 27, 20, 16, 14, 18, 17, 23, 16POR16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.3Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.3 in 75 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg19.9Last 3

19.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 75 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · NYK @ CHI

Chicago wins a tight one over New York

92–91. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 34 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over NYK1DEN over POR4DAL over SEA5NJN over WAS8CLE over BOS14TOR over MIL18MIA over CHA19DET over ATL27Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over NYK.
Top performances

Darius Miles leads the day with 47

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.
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 15, 13, 23, 2, 18, 6, 11, 47POR @ DEN · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +34.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high47 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 26, 24, 32, 19, 22, 16, 36, 36DEN vs POR · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 20, 13, 28, 4, 29, 15, 11, 35NJN vs WAS · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 25, 20, 25, 15, 21, 9, 17, 34CHI vs NYK · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 20, 37, 40, 33, 27, 38, 37, 32CLE vs BOS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 19, 30, 19, 26, 25, 20, 31, 29TOR @ MIL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 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
Vince CarterNJN+7.4 31.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Caron ButlerLAL+7.2 22.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Mike MillerMEM+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Josh ChildressATL+6.1 16.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Josh SmithATL+6.1 15.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Jermaine O'NealIND−6.8 17.5 last 10 · 24.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.9 14.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Luol DengCHI−4.9 6.8 last 10 · 11.7 season