FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 5, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed TOR by 7 at halftime and won 115–113.

Final
HOU93
NYK89
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +4
Final · OT
LAC115
TOR113
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +2
Final
UTA78
SAC96
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +18
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 5, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs DET), 41 points.
The lead · LAC @ TOR

Elton Brand scores 30, Clippers win in overtime

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Final: 115–113.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-700+2LAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAC2624272414115
TOR2235202412113
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30LAC30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 24, 17, 25, 17, 18, 26, 23, 27LAC27 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 18, 18, 20, 21, 21, 33, 29, 29TOR29 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 7, 3, 3, 9, 23, 12, 21, 25TOR25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ NYK

Houston never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 93–89. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over TOR2HOU over NYK4SAC over UTA18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 30

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.
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30LAC @ TOR · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 18, 18, 20, 21, 21, 33, 29, 29TOR vs LAC · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 24, 17, 25, 17, 18, 26, 23, 27LAC @ TOR · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 29, 5, 20, 18, 20, 16, 9, 28, 15, 25UTA @ SAC · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 7, 3, 3, 9, 23, 12, 21, 25TOR vs LAC · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 2, 14, 7, 21, 2, 8, 6, 11, 24NYK vs HOU · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 41.1 last 10 · 35.7 season
Jalen RoseNYK+5.3 17.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+4.7 18.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.4 9.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.3 6.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.7 3.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
JR SmithNOK−4.2 4.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season