FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 18, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIN by 10 after the first quarter and won 103–96.

Final
DET117
ATL89
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +28
Final
CHA92
IND98
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +6
Final
WAS98
ORL106
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +8
Final
NJN101
PHI90
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +11
Final
MIN96
BOS103
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +7
Final
MEM79
NOK87
Q1 NOK +1; Q2 NOK +9; Q3 NOK 0; Q4 NOK +8
Final · OT
NYK104
CHI106
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +2
Final
DAL103
HOU76
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +32; Q4 DAL +27
Final
MIL92
SAS95
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +3
Final
CLE89
DEN90
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +1
Final
TOR94
POR96
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +2
Final
PHX112
LAC102
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +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 18, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ DAL), 43 points.
The lead · MIN @ BOS

Boston rallies from 10 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 10 after one, Boston outscored the Timberwolves 81–64 the rest of the way. Final: 103–96. Paul Pierce led Boston with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-10-9-4+7BOS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3223182396
BOS22242334103
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 31, 23, 23, 32, 27, 18, 21, 25BOS25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 8, 17, 6, 3, 4, 2, 8, 18BOS18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 23, 18, 26, 14, 28, 31, 24, 29MIN29 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 20, 15, 25, 20, 25, 28, 24, 22MIN22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pistons rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Atlanta by 28.

DEN over CLE1CHI over NYK2POR over TOR2SAS over MIL3IND over CHA6BOS over MIN7ORL over WAS8NOK over MEM8PHX over LAC10NJN over PHI11DAL over HOU27DET over ATL28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.8Season avg26.6Last 3

26.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 36

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: 28, 37, 19, 16, 31, 41, 46, 33, 17, 36PHI vs NJN · L
33.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 21, 10, 21, 19, 19, 13, 13, 32CHI vs NYK · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 37, 31, 42, 34, 14, 17, 24, 31NJN @ PHI · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 28, 39, 13, 19, 20, 28, 21, 25, 25, 30PHX @ LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 24, 30, 13, 0, 23, 21, 30WAS @ ORL · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 23, 18, 26, 14, 28, 31, 24, 29MIN @ BOS · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 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
Jameer NelsonORL+9.1 23.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kenny ThomasSAC+6.2 14.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Chris KamanLAC+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.6 39.9 last 10 · 34.2 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.0 4.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Devin HarrisDAL−3.8 7.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Damon JonesCLE−3.3 4.1 last 10 · 7.4 season