FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 8, 2004Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Rockets111
Knicks79
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +32
Final · Box score
Blazers75
Wolves96
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +22; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +21
On this day · 2002–03Jan 8, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (Warriors-Wolves), 32 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Wolves

Minnesota routs Portland by 21

Steve Francis goes for 27 points

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+22+17+21MIN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1518251775
Wolves2728202196
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28, 18, 27, 26, 26MIN26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27, 7, 21, 30, 25MIN25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 27, 18, 20, 14, 16, 19, 28, 19POR19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 21, 14, 13, 13, 12, 12, 15POR15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Rockets-Knicks

Houston never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 111–79. Steve Francis led Houston with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Rockets-Knicks
Steve Francis · HOUKeith Van Horn · NYKPTS2717REB811AST61Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Rockets-Knicks combined for 190, 19 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-KnicksRockets 111, Knicks 79
190
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 75, Wolves 96
171
MIN won the closest game by 21
Closest finishes
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 75, Wolves 96
+21 MIN
Rockets-KnicksRockets 111, Knicks 79
+32 HOU
Jim Jackson shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jim JacksonHOU · 21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
73% (8-11)
KGMIN · 26 PTS, 14 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
62% (13-21)
NorrisNYK · 17 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
55% (6-11)
FrancisHOU · 27 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL
50% (7-14)
McInnisPOR · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
50% (6-12)
Final · Blazers-Wolves
Blazers 75Wolves 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1518251775
Wolves2728202196
The story
Kevin Garnett's 26 points and 14 rebounds carried Minnesota past Portland, 96-75

For Portland, Zach Randolph had 19 PTS, 7 REB 26 PTS, 14 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 13-21 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 27-15, was where the Timberwolves built it.

MIN lead by quarter
300 +12+22+17+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Knicks
Rockets 111Knicks 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets31233225111
Knicks1423231979
The story
Jim Jackson had 21 points as Houston beat New York 111-79

Keith Van Horn led New York with 17 PTS, 11 REB 21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 8-11 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 31-14, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
400 +17+17+26+32 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
33.62002–03 avg12.7Last 2

12.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.6 in 2002–03 (76 games). Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg26.1Today

26 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 27

Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 22, 14, 12, 15, 17, 2, 15, 27Rockets-Knicks · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 22, 27, 28, 28, 18, 27, 26, 26Wolves-Blazers · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 31, 21, 12, 27, 7, 21, 30, 25Wolves-Blazers · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 18, 16, 14, 6, 3, 18, 15, 21Rockets-Knicks · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 27, 18, 20, 14, 16, 19, 28, 19Blazers-Wolves · L
22.7 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 28, 28, 19, 22, 25, 21, 20, 17Knicks-Rockets · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Keith Van HornNYK+5.0 22.0 last 10 · 17.0 season
LeBron JamesCLE+4.6 24.5 last 10 · 19.9 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.4 12.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jason KiddNJN+3.9 21.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.6 19.8 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−5.6 6.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.5 10.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jason TerryATL−5.0 11.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ricky DavisBOS−3.1 10.3 last 10 · 13.4 season