FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 5, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
HOU90
CLE81
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +9
Final
IND99
GSW89
Q1 IND +20; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +10
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 · 2004–05Jan 5, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (ORL vs SEA), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ CLE

Tracy McGrady scores 34 as Houston wins in Cleveland

Final: 90–81. Tracy McGrady made 14 of 29 shots from the field.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+14+11+9HOU AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2425221990
CLE1817252181
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34HOU34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 3, 3, 5, 13, 2, 9, 17, 18HOU18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32CLE32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 18, 25, 15, 10, 21, 18, 14, 17CLE17 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · IND @ GSW

Indiana leads Golden State wire to wire

Indiana was ahead at every break and won 99–89. Best quarter: the first, 34–14. Stephen Jackson led Indiana with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs GSW
Stephen Jackson · INDMike Dunleavy · GSWPTS2719REB66AST34Top 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
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 34

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34HOU @ CLE · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32CLE vs HOU · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 24, 6, 12, 13, 23, 22, 21, 27IND @ GSW · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 11, 7, 24, 15, 6, 4, 10, 19GSW vs IND · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 3, 3, 5, 13, 2, 9, 17, 18HOU @ CLE · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Austin CrosherePoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 2, 4, 11, 2, 6, 5, 3, 17IND @ GSW · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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
Juwan HowardHOU+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Juan DixonPOR+4.7 16.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.3 24.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+4.0 15.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Keith Van HornDAL−4.6 4.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−3.2 14.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Derek FisherGSW−3.1 9.1 last 10 · 12.2 season