FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 4, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIL98
MIA104
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +6
Final
SAC114
PHI105
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +9
Final
DET83
POR68
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2002–03Mar 4, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs PHX), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Miami beats Milwaukee, 104–98

Miami led 82–78 after three and won by 6. Rafer Alston led Miami with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+16+11+4+6MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2326292098
MIA39212222104
Who led
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 13, 11, 10, 6, 9, 6, 15, 23MIA23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 1, 8, 6, 8, 18, 13, 10, 21MIA21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 23, 13, 25, 4, 30, 11, 25, 22MIL22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 14, 25, 25, 26, 19, 27, 24, 21MIL21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ PHI

Sacramento leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 114–105. Best quarter: the first, 31–28. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over MIL6SAC over PHI9DET over POR15Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 32

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 15, 27, 25, 27, 40, 13, 11, 32PHI vs SAC · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 24, 27, 27, 37, 21, 32, 23, 27SAC @ PHI · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 2 games: 26, 24SAC @ PHI · W
25.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 13, 11, 10, 6, 9, 6, 15, 23MIA vs MIL · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 23, 13, 25, 4, 30, 11, 25, 22MIL @ MIA · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 17, 21, 28, 31, 26, 17, 13, 21SAC @ PHI · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.7 26.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.0 26.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Yao MingHOU+5.1 22.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.2 11.5 last 10 · 18.8 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.7 2.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.9 9.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−4.5 2.8 last 10 · 7.3 season