FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 5, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed WAS by 10 at halftime and won 94–90.

Final
ATL96
ORL101
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +5
Final
NYK109
TOR103
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +6
Final
WAS90
BOS94
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -10; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
HOU112
MIN109
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +3
Final
CLE88
NOH85
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +3
Final
DAL100
SAS113
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +26; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +13
Final
IND96
UTA88
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +8
Final
NJN78
GSW74
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +4
Final
SEA91
LAL99
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +8
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 5, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MIL), 48 points.
The lead · WAS @ BOS

Boston rallies from 10 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 10 at the half, Boston outscored the Wizards 55–41 the rest of the way. Final: 94–90. Paul Pierce led Boston with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-10-5+4BOS AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2425162590
BOS1722213494
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 4, 27, 18, 11, 34, 21, 21, 22, 25, 24BOS24 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 8, 4, 12, 20, 12, 14, 28, 17BOS17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 27, 21, 7, 21, 35, 35, 27, 26WAS26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 8, 10, 4, 6, 4, 9, 4, 17WAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 38 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 18 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · NJN @ GSW

Golden State's skid reaches four

New Jersey won 78–74; the Warriors fall to 25–35. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · GSW
Wvs PHX110–99Lvs LAL99–100Lvs POR93–94Wvs SEA94–92L@ IND96–107W@ MEM99–92L@ MIN81–91L@ CHI81–87Lvs IND88–96Lvs NJN74–78GSW: last 10 games through Mar 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 35

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 21, 30, 15, 15, 28, 5, 36, 35NYK @ TOR · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 25, 28, 16, 18, 24, 27, 28, 32MIN vs HOU · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 19, 16, 24, 29, 19, 23, 28, 32LAL vs SEA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 22, 29, 19, 21, 22, 27, 16, 32TOR vs NYK · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 21, 34, 15, 23, 12, 19, 30IND @ UTA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 9, 8, 6, 18, 0, 19, 24, 28SEA @ LAL · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Stephen JacksonATL+5.9 21.6 last 10 · 15.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Yao MingHOU+5.1 22.4 last 10 · 17.3 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
David WesleyNOH−5.6 9.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.2 3.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season