FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 2, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed POR by 8 after the first quarter and won 117–98.

Final · Box score
Hawks101
Wizards104
Q1 Wizards 0; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final · Box score
Sixers83
Clippers89
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +6
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Pistons100
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +12
Final · Box score
Blazers98
Suns117
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +19
Final · Box score
Bucks104
Mavs123
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +19
Final · Box score
Jazz80
Rockets99
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +19
Final · Box score
Spurs81
Kings86
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +5
Final · Box score
Nuggets91
Lakers99
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +8
On this day · 2003–04Jan 2, 2004: 12 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (Sonics-Lakers), 35 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Suns

Amar'e Stoudemire posts 50 and 11 as Phoenix beats Portland

Kobe Bryant goes for 42 points

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+7+4+19PHX AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers3026231998
Suns22412034117
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33, 37, 15, 50PHX50 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 3, 18, 19, 19, 17, 18, 2, 31, 20PHX20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 20, 13, 13, 14, 28, 17, 6, 25POR25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 10, 23, 12, 26, 22, 25, 10, 22POR22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Blazers-Suns8
Spurs-Kings7
Celtics-Pistons4
Nuggets-Lakers4
The night in charts
Bucks-Mavs combined for 227, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-MavsBucks 104, Mavs 123
227
Blazers-SunsBlazers 98, Suns 117
215
Hawks-WizardsHawks 101, Wizards 104
205
Nuggets-LakersNuggets 91, Lakers 99
190
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 88, Pistons 100
188
Jazz-RocketsJazz 80, Rockets 99
179
Sixers-ClippersSixers 83, Clippers 89
172
Spurs-KingsSpurs 81, Kings 86
167
2 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Hawks-WizardsHawks 101, Wizards 104
+3 WAS
Spurs-KingsSpurs 81, Kings 86
+5 SAC
Sixers-ClippersSixers 83, Clippers 89
+6 LAC
Nuggets-LakersNuggets 91, Lakers 99
+8 LAL
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 88, Pistons 100
+12 DET
Blazers-SunsBlazers 98, Suns 117
+19 PHX
Bucks-MavsBucks 104, Mavs 123
+19 DAL
Jazz-RocketsJazz 80, Rockets 99
+19 HOU
PHX rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-SunsPHX won · Blazers 98, Suns 117
8 pts
Jazz-RocketsHOU won · Jazz 80, Rockets 99
2 pts
Spurs-KingsSAC won · Spurs 81, Kings 86
2 pts
Amar'e shot 20-of-27 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amar'ePHX · 50 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
74% (20-27)
Tony AllenBOS · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
SuraHOU · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 5 STL, 4 AST
71% (10-14)
JamesMIL · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST
69% (9-13)
HowardDAL · 25 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Hawks-Wizards
Hawks 101Wizards 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks26202530101
Wizards26242232104
The story
Larry Hughes had 26 points as Washington beat Atlanta 104-101

Tony Delk led Atlanta with 19 PTS, 3 REB 26 PTS, 3 REB · 7-24 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Wizards won the second 24-20, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
200 0+4+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Antoine Walker led the game in fantasy with 44.6 FPTS (18 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Nuggets-Lakers
Nuggets 91Lakers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets2121212891
Lakers2420352099
The story
Los Angeles beat Denver 99-91 behind 15 rebounds and 12 points from Lamar Odom

Nene Hilario paced Denver: 16 PTS, 11 REB 15 REB, 12 PTS, 4 AST · 6-14 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 35-21 third quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +3+2+16+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Suns
Blazers 98Suns 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers3026231998
Suns22412034117
The story
Shawn Marion's 15 points carried Phoenix past Portland, 117-98

For Portland, Darius Miles had 25 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 15 PTS, 9 REB, 6 STL, 3 AST · 7-15 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The Suns trailed by 8 going into the second, then won it 41-26.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −8+7+4+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.6Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · Spurs-Kings

Sacramento beats San Antonio, 86–81

Sacramento led 62–56 after three and won by 5. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over ATL3SAC over SAS5LAC over PHI6LAL over DEN8DET over BOS12PHX over POR19DAL over MIL19HOU over UTA19Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over SAS.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 50

Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33, 37, 15, 50Suns-Blazers · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 35, 31, 36, 11, 29, 42, 48, 42Lakers-Nuggets · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 21, 13, 15, 23, 23, 36, 29, 39Mavs-Bucks · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 31, 24, 54, 51, 40, 28, 34, 29, 35Sixers-Clippers · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 19, 16, 21, 26, 19, 18, 26, 28Kings-Spurs · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 23, 28, 26, 29, 25, 14, 24, 27Nuggets-Lakers · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Allen IversonPHI+7.5 36.6 last 10 · 29.1 season
Darius MilesPOR+4.7 17.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.5 33.4 last 10 · 28.9 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+4.2 28.2 last 10 · 24.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+4.1 17.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Tim DuncanSAS−3.7 18.4 last 10 · 22.1 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.3 7.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antoine WalkerATL−3.2 17.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season