FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 7, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed GSW by 8 at halftime and won 95–85.

Final
DAL98
HOU101
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
NOH76
TOR84
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +8
Final
NYK99
WAS86
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +13
Final
NJN88
LAL94
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
SAC107
ORL90
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +17
Final
BOS80
MIN77
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +3
Final
MEM95
GSW85
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +10
Final
DET86
SEA65
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +21
Final
POR71
LAC91
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +20
Final
IND103
DEN94
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +9
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 7, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs MIN), 40 points.
The lead · MEM @ GSW

Memphis climbs out of an 8-point hole against Golden State

Down 8 at the half, the Grizzlies won the third quarter 32–15 and the game 95–85. Bonzi Wells led Memphis with 18 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-3-8+9+10MEM AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2620321795
GSW2925151685
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 17, 14, 19, 14, 8, 28, 12, 18MEM18 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 10, 2, 16, 15, 8, 10, 13, 17MEM17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 24, 18, 24, 18, 25, 19, 22, 17GSW17 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 14, 8, 9, 13, 7, 12, 9, 15GSW15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Detroit by 21.

HOU over DAL3BOS over MIN3LAL over NJN6TOR over NOH8IND over DEN9MEM over GSW10NYK over WAS13SAC over ORL17LAC over POR20DET over SEA21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 16, 24, 29, 19, 23, 28, 32, 32LAL vs NJN · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 21, 34, 15, 23, 12, 19, 30, 31IND @ DEN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 41, 20, 17, 13, 14, 33, 27, 29HOU vs DAL · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 16, 26, 35, 26, 25, 26, 8, 29DEN vs IND · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 27, 37, 21, 32, 23, 27, 14, 28SAC @ ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 21, 7, 21, 35, 35, 27, 26, 28WAS vs NYK · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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+7.9 26.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.9 21.6 last 10 · 15.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.1 25.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.0 10.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
David WesleyNOH−4.9 10.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Latrell SprewellMIN−4.9 12.4 last 10 · 17.3 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season