FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 17, 2005Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHX by 10 at halftime and won 119–113.

Final · Box score
Cavs88
Wolves94
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +6
Final · Box score
Mavs119
Suns113
Q1 Mavs 0; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +6
On this day · 2003–04Feb 17, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Bucks), 41 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Suns

Michael Finley scores 33, Dallas rallies past Phoenix

Kevin Garnett goes for 20 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-10-4+6DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs22233836119
Suns22333226113
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 12, 13, 23, 16, 19, 23, 24, 33DAL33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 4, 4, 18, 14, 12, 10, 13, 30DAL30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 22, 23, 32, 22, 33, 9, 42, 31PHX31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 14, 17, 6, 8, 20, 21, 22, 22PHX22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Cavs-Wolves

Minnesota leads Cleveland wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 94–88. Best quarter: the fourth, 28–23. Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 26 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Wolves-Cavs
Wally Szczerbiak · MINLeBron James · CLEPTS2626REB17AST58Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Cavs-Wolves11
Mavs-Suns5
The night in charts
Mavs-Suns combined for 232, 50 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-SunsMavs 119, Suns 113
232
Cavs-WolvesCavs 88, Wolves 94
182
DAL won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Mavs-SunsMavs 119, Suns 113
+6 DAL
Cavs-WolvesCavs 88, Wolves 94
+6 MIN
Finley shot 13-of-21 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FinleyDAL · 33 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
62% (13-21)
HowardDAL · 30 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
61% (11-18)
SzczerbiakMIN · 26 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB
60% (9-15)
IlgauskasCLE · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 BLK
55% (11-20)
McInnisCLE · 17 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB
54% (7-13)
Final · Mavs-Suns
Mavs 119Suns 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs22233836119
Suns22333226113
The story
Josh Howard had 30 points as Dallas beat Phoenix 119-113

Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 17 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 30 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST · 11-18 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Mavericks took the fourth 36-26.

DAL lead by quarter
200 0−10−4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Wolves
Cavs 88Wolves 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2421202388
Wolves2625152894
The story
Wally Szczerbiak's 26 points carried Minnesota past Cleveland, 94-88

For Cleveland, Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 24 PTS, 9 REB 26 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB · 9-15 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 28-23, was where the Timberwolves built it.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +2+6+1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg45.7Today

46 minutes today, against 32.8 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 33

Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 12, 13, 23, 16, 19, 23, 24, 33Mavs-Suns · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 42, 27, 22, 23, 32, 22, 33, 9, 42, 31Suns-Mavs · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 4, 4, 18, 14, 12, 10, 13, 30Mavs-Suns · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 28, 31, 30, 15, 35, 25, 28, 26Cavs-Wolves · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 16, 18, 12, 19, 19, 14, 14, 26Wolves-Cavs · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 14, 23, 14, 23, 25, 30, 18, 24Cavs-Wolves · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vince CarterNJN+9.4 31.3 last 10 · 21.9 season
JR SmithNOH+7.0 14.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.8 25.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.2 13.3 last 10 · 7.1 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+6.1 21.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.3 1.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.9 14.0 last 10 · 18.9 season