FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 3, 2006Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAC by 12 after three quarters and won 89–79.

Final
ORL94
ATL96
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +2
Final
NYK90
TOR104
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +14
Final
LAC98
BOS81
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +17
Final
LAL102
CHA112
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +10
Final
DET87
PHI80
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +7
Final
SEA77
HOU100
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +23
Final
SAC79
UTA89
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -12; Q4 UTA +10
Final
MIN85
POR89
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +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 3, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIA), 31 points.
The lead · SAC @ UTA

Utah climbs out of a 12-point hole against Sacramento

Down 12 after three, the Jazz won the fourth quarter 34–12 and the game 89–79. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-4-6-12+10UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2223221279
UTA1821163489
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 11, 19, 21, 24, 17, 10, 21, 24UTA24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Milt PalacioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 9, 1, 9, 11, 0, 3, 12, 19UTA19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 12, 12, 30, 15, 15, 24, 19, 20SAC20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 17, 17, 44, 35, 6, 42, 15, 15SAC15 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 17 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · ORL @ ATL

Atlanta survives Orlando, 96–94

A two-point finish after it was 74–74 through three. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over ORL2POR over MIN4DET over PHI7CHA over LAL10UTA over SAC10TOR over NYK14LAC over BOS17HOU over SEA23Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over ORL.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 35, 43, 41, 29, 19, 37, 23, 22, 36HOU vs SEA · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 37, 51, 37, 81, 30, 39, 40, 26, 35LAL @ CHA · L
35.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jumaine JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 18, 15, 11, 12, 6, 11, 13, 31CHA vs LAL · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30LAC @ BOS · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 13, 18, 15, 11, 36, 22, 21, 30ORL @ ATL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 24, 10, 35, 19, 20, 19, 21, 30DET @ PHI · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.9 19.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 41.4 last 10 · 35.7 season
Baron DavisGSW+5.0 24.2 last 10 · 19.2 season
Luke RidnourSEA+5.0 16.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.3 6.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.7 9.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
JR SmithNOK−4.2 4.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.1 20.0 last 10 · 24.1 season