FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 14, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIA by 9 at halftime and won 126–119.

Final · Box score
Knicks95
Cavs89
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +6
Final · OT · Box score
Heat119
Sixers126
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -9; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 Sixers 0; OT1 PHI +7
Final · Box score
Mavs102
Blazers90
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +12
On this day · 2003–04Apr 14, 2004: 14 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Blazers), 37 points.
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The lead · Heat-Sixers

Allen Iverson scores 38, Philadelphia wins in overtime

Dwyane Wade goes for 48 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1-9-40+7PHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Heat2635202315119
Sixers2725252722126
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 34, 26, 22, 38, 48, 23, 28, 38PHI38 PTS · 6 REB · 16 AST
Marc JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 11, 22, 6, 13, 24, 20, 16, 26PHI26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 19, 27, 37, 33, 39, 16, 5, 48MIA48 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Damon JonesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 13, 14, 27, 22, 17, 14, 5, 18MIA18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Knicks-Cavs

New York gets past Cleveland

95–89, with New York ahead 53–45 at halftime. Jamal Crawford led New York with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over CLE6PHI over MIA7DAL over POR12Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over CLE.
Lead changes
Knicks-Cavs11
Heat-Sixers11
Mavs-Blazers0
The night in charts
Heat-Sixers combined for 245, 53 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-SixersHeat 119, Sixers 126
245
Mavs-BlazersMavs 102, Blazers 90
192
Knicks-CavsKnicks 95, Cavs 89
184
NYK won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Knicks-CavsKnicks 95, Cavs 89
+6 NYK
Heat-SixersHeat 119, Sixers 126
+7 PHI
Mavs-BlazersMavs 102, Blazers 90
+12 DAL
PHI rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-SixersPHI won · Heat 119, Sixers 126
9 pts
Knicks-CavsNYK won · Knicks 95, Cavs 89
2 pts
Abdur-Rahim shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Abdur-RahimPOR · 19 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
HaslemMIA · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
80% (8-10)
CrawfordNYK · 25 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 1 BLK
63% (10-16)
Maurice TaylorNYK · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
PattersonPOR · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Knicks-Cavs
Knicks 95Cavs 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2924172595
Cavs2817271789
The story
Jamal Crawford's 25 points and 9 assists carried New York past Cleveland, 95-89

For Cleveland, Drew Gooden had 12 PTS, 6 REB 25 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB · 10-16 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Knicks trailed by 2 going into the fourth, then won it 25-17.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +1+8−2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James was the fantasy play: 69.1 FPTS on 27 PTS, 18 REB, 7 AST

Final · Heat-Sixers
Heat 119Sixers 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Heat2635202315119
Sixers2725252722126
The story
Marc Jackson had 26 points as Philadelphia beat Miami 126-119 in OT

Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 13 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 7-16 FG

The swing

The 76ers won the overtime 22-15.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +1−9−40+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Mavs-Blazers
Mavs 102Blazers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs34272417102
Blazers2026251990
The story
Dallas beat Portland 102-90 behind 14 points from Josh Howard

Ruben Patterson paced Portland: 18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 14 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 7-15 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 34-20 first quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +14+15+14+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shareef Abdur-Rahim topped the game at 36.5 FPTS: 19 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 65 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 48

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 19, 27, 37, 33, 39, 16, 5, 48Heat-Sixers · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high48 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 34, 26, 22, 38, 48, 23, 28, 38Sixers-Heat · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 16 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 35, 37, 24, 20, 37, 40, 33, 27Cavs-Knicks · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Marc JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 11, 22, 6, 13, 24, 20, 16, 26Sixers-Heat · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 23, 11, 10, 26, 22, 32, 7, 25Knicks-Cavs · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 4, 3, 7, 11, 12, 10, 17, 20Sixers-Heat · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Caron ButlerLAL+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Josh SmithATL+6.7 16.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
JR SmithNOH+5.5 15.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.4 15.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Baron DavisGSW+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−6.1 3.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season