FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 6, 2005Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Celtics103
Wolves100
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +3
Final · Box score
Clippers104
Sixers106
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +2
Final · Box score
Mavs122
Raptors113
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +9
Final · Box score
Lakers102
Rockets103
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +1
On this day · 2003–04Feb 6, 2004: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (Wolves-Cavs), 35 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Rockets

Houston holds off Lakers, 103–102

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 30 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+11+15+1HOU AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers14253033102
Rockets24263419103
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 22, 12, 13, 22, 23, 12, 23, 23HOU23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 35, 33, 30, 28, 16, 34, 40, 21HOU21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 25, 19, 8, 16, 15, 18, 23, 22LAL22 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 26, 13, 17, 22, 20, 19, 18, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Clippers-Sixers

Philadelphia leads Clippers wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 106–104. Best quarter: the third, 32–32. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over LAL1PHI over LAC2BOS over MIN3DAL over TOR9Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over LAC.
Lead changes
Clippers-Sixers22
Celtics-Wolves9
Lakers-Rockets3
Mavs-Raptors2
The night in charts
Mavs-Raptors combined for 235, 25 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-RaptorsMavs 122, Raptors 113
235
Clippers-SixersClippers 104, Sixers 106
210
Lakers-RocketsLakers 102, Rockets 103
205
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 103, Wolves 100
203
3 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-RocketsLakers 102, Rockets 103
+1 HOU
Clippers-SixersClippers 104, Sixers 106
+2 PHI
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 103, Wolves 100
+3 BOS
Mavs-RaptorsMavs 122, Raptors 113
+9 DAL
Howard shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HowardDAL · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
67% (8-12)
BoshTOR · 29 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST
67% (8-12)
FinleyDAL · 23 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
ButlerLAL · 14 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB
64% (7-11)
WesleyHOU · 19 PTS, 4 STL, 3 AST, 2 REB
64% (7-11)
Final · Lakers-Rockets
Lakers 102Rockets 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers14253033102
Rockets24263419103
The story
Bob Sura had 19 points and 12 rebounds as Houston beat Los Angeles 103-102

Lamar Odom led Los Angeles with 22 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST 19 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 5 STL · 7-14 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 24-14, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +10+11+15+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Sixers
Clippers 104Sixers 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers21263225104
Sixers24243226106
The story
Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 106-104 behind 28 points from Allen Iverson

Bobby Simmons paced Los Angeles: 27 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 28 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 10-23 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 24-21 first quarter did the most damage for the 76ers.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +3+1+1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Elton Brand topped the game at 40.5 FPTS: 21 PTS, 5 REB

Final · Celtics-Wolves
Celtics 103Wolves 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics22262926103
Wolves20253124100
The story
Gary Payton's 22 points carried Boston past Minnesota, 103-100

For Minnesota, Michael Olowokandi had 21 PTS, 9 REB 22 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 10-18 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 22-20, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +2+3+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kevin Garnett was the fantasy play: 51.1 FPTS on 21 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 32

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 33, 23, 34, 18, 22, 28, 18, 32Celtics-Wolves · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 35, 22, 24, 25, 19, 20, 32, 30Mavs-Raptors · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 21, 27, 18, 27, 25, 16, 29Raptors-Mavs · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 29, 24, 38, 45, 27, 28, 22, 28Sixers-Clippers · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 21, 21, 16, 11, 15, 26, 21, 27Clippers-Sixers · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 17, 11, 22, 14, 5, 12, 13, 23Mavs-Raptors · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Damon StoudamirePOR+8.0 23.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.9 28.4 last 10 · 20.5 season
Chucky AtkinsLAL+6.4 19.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Brad MillerSAC+6.0 21.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Dan DickauNOH+5.9 18.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.6 2.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Keith Van HornMIL−6.3 5.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Marc JacksonPHI−5.8 6.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.3 14.1 last 10 · 18.4 season