FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 29, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ATL by 5 after the first quarter and won 93–85.

Final · Box score
Nets89
Magic79
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +10
Final · Box score
Blazers93
Hawks85
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +8
Final · Box score
Kings96
Spurs91
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +5
On this day · 2002–03Jan 29, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Suns), 40 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Hawks

Portland takes care of Atlanta

Tim Duncan goes for 35 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5+9+8POR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1720292793
Hawks2220152885
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 21, 18, 25, 16, 23, 16, 21, 22POR22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 8, 24, 19, 26, 13, 16, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 11, 19, 17, 22, 19, 21, 19, 15ATL15 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 15, 10, 23, 14, 17, 22, 10, 14ATL14 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Nets-Magic

New Jersey gets past Orlando

89–79, with New Jersey ahead 43–39 at halftime. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over SAS5POR over ATL8NJN over ORL10Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over ORL.
Lead changes
Nets-Magic5
Blazers-Hawks3
Kings-Spurs1
The night in charts
Kings-Spurs combined for 187, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-SpursKings 96, Spurs 91
187
Blazers-HawksBlazers 93, Hawks 85
178
Nets-MagicNets 89, Magic 79
168
SAC won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Kings-SpursKings 96, Spurs 91
+5 SAC
Blazers-HawksBlazers 93, Hawks 85
+8 POR
Nets-MagicNets 89, Magic 79
+10 NJN
POR rallied from 5 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-HawksPOR won · Blazers 93, Hawks 85
5 pts
Nets-MagicNJN won · Nets 89, Magic 79
3 pts
Kenyon Martin shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Kenyon MartinNJN · 18 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL
80% (8-10)
MilesPOR · 16 PTS, 2 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
DuncanSAS · 35 PTS, 18 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
63% (17-27)
KiddNJN · 33 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 1 STL
56% (15-27)
Bobby JacksonSAC · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Kings-Spurs
Kings 96Spurs 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2725212396
Spurs2220232691
The story
Mike Bibby had 17 points as Sacramento beat San Antonio 96-91

Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 17 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 6-15 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The Kings won the first 27-22, their biggest quarter edge.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +5+10+8+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Hawks
Blazers 93Hawks 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1720292793
Hawks2220152885
The story
Portland beat Atlanta 93-85 behind 22 points and 12 rebounds from Zach Randolph

Stephen Jackson paced Atlanta: 15 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB 22 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 7-18 FG

The swing

A 29-15 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −5−5+9+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Magic
Nets 89Magic 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets1924242289
Magic2217202079
The story
Jason Kidd's 33 points and 10 rebounds carried New Jersey past Orlando, 89-79

For Orlando, Tracy McGrady had 22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 33 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST · 15-27 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Nets trailed by 3 going into the second, then won it 24-17.

NJN lead by quarter
200 −3+4+8+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Season avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 35

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 16, 15, 17, 21, 25, 17, 22, 30, 35Spurs-Kings · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 6, 21, 10, 21, 9, 10, 13, 33Nets-Magic · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 21, 18, 25, 16, 23, 16, 21, 22Blazers-Hawks · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 44, 33, 34, 20, 33, 31, 36, 39, 22Magic-Nets · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 23, 31, 34, 37, 11, 24, 19, 22Kings-Spurs · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 8, 24, 19, 26, 13, 16, 16, 20Blazers-Hawks · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Michael FinleyDAL+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.0 21.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.0 32.0 last 10 · 27.0 season
Slava MedvedenkoLAL+5.0 16.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Mark BlountBOS+4.5 12.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Vince CarterTOR−4.7 15.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 5.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.5 9.9 last 10 · 14.4 season
Dion GloverATL−3.8 7.0 last 10 · 10.8 season