FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 5, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed TOR by 7 at halftime and won 115–113.

Final · Box score
Rockets93
Knicks89
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +4
Final · OT · Box score
Clippers115
Raptors113
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 Clippers 0; Q4 Clippers 0; OT1 LAC +2
Final · Box score
Jazz78
Kings96
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +18
On this day · 2004–05Feb 5, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Pistons), 41 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Raptors

Elton Brand scores 30, Clippers win in overtime

Chris Bosh goes for 29 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-700+2LAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Clippers2624272414115
Raptors2235202412113
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30LAC30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 24, 17, 25, 17, 18, 26, 23, 27LAC27 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 18, 18, 20, 21, 21, 33, 29, 29TOR29 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 7, 3, 3, 9, 23, 12, 21, 25TOR25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Rockets-Knicks

Houston never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 93–89. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over TOR2HOU over NYK4SAC over UTA18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over NYK.
Lead changes
Clippers-Raptors37
Jazz-Kings8
Rockets-Knicks5
The night in charts
Clippers-Raptors combined for 228, 46 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-RaptorsClippers 115, Raptors 113
228
Rockets-KnicksRockets 93, Knicks 89
182
Jazz-KingsJazz 78, Kings 96
174
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-RaptorsClippers 115, Raptors 113
+2 LAC
Rockets-KnicksRockets 93, Knicks 89
+4 HOU
Jazz-KingsJazz 78, Kings 96
+18 SAC
Okur shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OkurUTA · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
64% (9-14)
CrawfordNYK · 24 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
BrandLAC · 30 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
56% (10-18)
CassellLAC · 27 PTS, 13 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
55% (11-20)
KamanLAC · 16 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
50% (6-12)
Final · Clippers-Raptors
Clippers 115Raptors 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Clippers2624272414115
Raptors2235202412113
The story
Sam Cassell had 27 points and 13 assists as Los Angeles beat Toronto 115-113 in OT

Morris Peterson led Toronto with 25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 27 PTS, 13 AST, 3 REB · 11-20 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the second, the Clippers took the third 27-20.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +4−700+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Rockets-Knicks
Rockets 93Knicks 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2421242493
Knicks2022242389
The story
Tracy McGrady's 23 points carried Houston past New York, 93-89

For New York, Jamal Crawford had 24 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 23 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 9-26 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 24-20, was where the Rockets built it.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +4+3+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Kings
Jazz 78Kings 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2515182078
Kings3214193196
The story
Sacramento beat Utah 96-78 behind 23 points from Mike Bibby

Andrei Kirilenko paced Utah: 12 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 23 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB · 7-19 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 31-20 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +7+6+7+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Mehmet Okur topped the game at 46.6 FPTS: 25 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 30

Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30Clippers-Raptors · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 18, 18, 20, 21, 21, 33, 29, 29Raptors-Clippers · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 24, 17, 25, 17, 18, 26, 23, 27Clippers-Raptors · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 29, 5, 20, 18, 20, 16, 9, 28, 15, 25Jazz-Kings · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 7, 3, 3, 9, 23, 12, 21, 25Raptors-Clippers · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 2, 14, 7, 21, 2, 8, 6, 11, 24Knicks-Rockets · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 41.1 last 10 · 35.7 season
Jalen RoseNYK+5.3 17.5 last 10 · 12.2 season
Hedo TurkogluORL+4.7 18.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.4 9.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.3 6.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.7 3.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
JR SmithNOK−4.2 4.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season