FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 20, 2005Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 85–83.

Final
NJN102
BOS93
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -11; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +9
Final
DET86
CHA97
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +11
Final
MIA98
ORL93
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +5
Final
ATL86
PHI110
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +29; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +24
Final
CLE104
TOR95
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +9
Final
WAS105
NYK113
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +8
Final
CHI83
IND85
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +2
Final
DAL108
MEM88
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +20
Final
SAS73
MIN95
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +22
Final
LAC86
NOH75
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +11
Final
SEA78
HOU106
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +33; Q4 HOU +28
Final
LAL103
POR106
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +3
Final
UTA89
GSW106
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +22; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +17
Final
PHX107
SAC132
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +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
On this day · 2003–04Apr 20, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ SAC), 28 points.
The lead · CHI @ IND

Indiana climbs out of a 12-point hole against Chicago

Down 12 after one, the Pacers won the fourth quarter 25–19 and the game 85–83. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-12-10-4+2IND AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2820161983
IND1622222585
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 29, 20, 24, 18, 11, 16, 16, 21IND21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Anthony JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 8, 14, 18, 9, 7, 20, 9, 20IND20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jannero PargoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 8, 4, 5, 2, 13, 2, 10, 17CHI17 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 6, 6, 16, 12, 17, 19, 6, 13CHI13 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NJN @ BOS

New Jersey climbs back to beat Boston

Boston led by 11 at the half. New Jersey won it 102–93. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 37 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · NJN vs BOS
Vince Carter · NJNPaul Pierce · BOSPTS3721REB43AST13Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.3Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.3 in 76 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 79 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 9, 19, 42, 18, 20, 33, 22, 37LAL @ POR · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 27, 32, 45, 22, 39, 43, 26, 37NJN @ BOS · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 22, 32, 7, 25, 17, 31, 24, 36NYK vs WAS · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 44, 32, 10, 27, 24, 38, 26, 30PHX @ SAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 37, 40, 33, 27, 38, 37, 32, 27CLE @ TOR · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 14 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 11, 8, 23, 5, 14, 13, 13, 27DAL @ MEM · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+7.8 32.3 last 10 · 24.5 season
Caron ButlerLAL+7.2 22.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.1 24.6 last 10 · 18.5 season
Josh SmithATL+6.1 15.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+5.5 17.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Tim DuncanSAS−6.0 14.3 last 10 · 20.3 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−5.8 13.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 18.5 last 10 · 24.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Rodney BufordNJN−5.5 1.5 last 10 · 7.0 season