FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 1, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIL by 12 after the first quarter and won 86–84.

Final
NJN85
CLE91
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +6
Final
LAL79
IND105
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +26
Final
LAC106
ORL94
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +12
Final
WAS112
TOR117
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +5
Final
PHX102
BOS94
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +21; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
ATL102
CHA92
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +10
Final
MIN74
DET90
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +16
Final
DAL81
MEM80
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -8; Q4 DAL +1
Final
CHI95
NOK100
Q1 NOK -1; Q2 NOK +11; Q3 NOK +5; Q4 NOK +5
Final
MIL84
HOU86
Q1 HOU -12; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +2
Final
DEN90
UTA103
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +13
Final
SAS86
POR82
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +4
Final
GSW107
SEA111
Q1 SEA -10; Q2 SEA -6; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +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 · 2004–05Feb 1, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs CHI), 31 points.
The lead · MIL @ HOU

Houston rallies from 12 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 12 after one, Houston outscored the Bucks 71–57 the rest of the way. Final: 86–84. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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+8+11+2HOU AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2714251884
HOU153428986
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 11, 35, 43, 41, 29, 19, 37, 23, 22HOU22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 12, 21, 9, 30, 26, 22, 15, 21HOU21 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 25, 9, 16, 14, 18, 11, 13, 26MIL26 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Jiri WelschPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 14, 11, 6, 2, 2, 2, 0, 17MIL17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 44 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pacers rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Lakers by 26.

DAL over MEM1HOU over MIL2SAS over POR4SEA over GSW4TOR over WAS5NOK over CHI5CLE over NJN6PHX over BOS8ATL over CHA10LAC over ORL12UTA over DEN13DET over MIN16IND over LAL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 40

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 25, 20, 16, 25, 18, 18, 21, 40BOS vs PHX · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 19, 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35LAC @ ORL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 24, 25, 22, 13, 26, 29, 29, 35GSW @ SEA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 21, 33, 24, 19, 23, 34, 20, 35WAS @ TOR · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 22, 29, 18, 18, 20, 21, 21, 33TOR vs WAS · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 1, 24, 42, 22, 25, 35, 26, 32SEA vs GSW · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.9 19.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.5 27.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Luke RidnourSEA+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Baron DavisGSW+5.9 25.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.0 6.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.9 9.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 9.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Ricky DavisMIN−4.2 15.2 last 10 · 19.4 season
JR SmithNOK−4.2 4.9 last 10 · 9.1 season