FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 6, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed UTA by 8 after the first quarter and won 87–73.

Final · Box score
LAC100
WAS112
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +12
Final · Box score
ATL100
BOS96
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +4
Final · Box score
IND83
TOR77
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +6
Final · Box score
MIL85
MEM105
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +20
Final · Box score
CLE92
MIN103
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +11
Final · Box score
ORL99
NJN120
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +28; Q4 NJN +21
Final · Box score
DET81
NOH92
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +11
Final · Box score
CHI80
HOU82
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
SEA107
PHX105
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +2
Final · Box score
POR87
UTA73
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +14
Final · Box score
DEN87
GSW96
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +9
Final · Box score
SAS102
SAC94
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +8
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 · 2002–03Feb 6, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NYK), 46 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 8 after one, Portland outscored the Jazz 73–51 the rest of the way. Final: 87–73. Zach Randolph led Portland with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-8-2+10+14POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1425252387
UTA2219131973
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 23, 16, 21, 22, 20, 28, 19, 19POR19 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 13, 16, 16, 20, 29, 12, 8, 16POR16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 27, 13, 23, 21, 13, 10, 8, 14UTA14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 17, 11, 8, 6, 4, 8, 17, 13UTA13 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 21.

HOU over CHI2SEA over PHX2ATL over BOS4IND over TOR6SAS over SAC8GSW over DEN9MIN over CLE11NOH over DET11WAS over LAC12POR over UTA14MEM over MIL20NJN over ORL21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 35

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 19, 31, 20, 20, 32, 30, 17, 35MIN vs CLE · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 17, 22, 30, 35, 33, 31, 23, 28SAS @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 29, 24, 13, 26, 12, 24, 22, 28BOS vs ATL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 15, 13, 10, 18, 18, 18, 27MEM vs MIL · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 10, 9, 15, 14, 23, 24, 19, 27IND @ TOR · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 31, 22, 16, 24, 16, 31, 15, 27PHX vs SEA · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Joe JohnsonPHX+8.1 24.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+7.3 22.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+7.1 16.8 last 10 · 9.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.7 25.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH+6.7 18.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.7 6.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.3 4.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Charlie WardSAS−3.9 3.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS−3.9 14.2 last 10 · 18.1 season