FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 8, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIL by 14 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final
MIL92
PHI97
Q1 PHI -14; Q2 PHI -13; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +5
Final
CLE108
ATL102
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +6
Final
PHX90
DAL103
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final
LAL83
UTA88
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +5
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 8, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ ATL), 43 points.
The lead · MIL @ PHI

Philadelphia climbs back to beat Milwaukee

Milwaukee led by 14 after one. Philadelphia won it 97–92. Greg Buckner led Philadelphia with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-14-13-5+5PHI AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2730171892
PHI1331252897
Who led
Greg BucknerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 4, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 0, 20PHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Zendon HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 1, 0, 6, 0, 4, 0, 15, 19PHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 25, 26, 19, 27, 24, 21, 18, 20MIL20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 6, 21, 17, 21, 22, 16, 10, 18MIL18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ UTA

Utah gets past Lakers

88–83, with Utah ahead 39–38 at halftime. Gordan Giricek led Utah with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MIL5UTA over LAL5CLE over ATL6DAL over PHX13Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 21, 11, 30, 18, 24, 19, 24, 34CLE @ ATL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 24, 24, 16, 24, 17, 20, 19, 30ATL vs CLE · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 22, 18, 18, 14, 12, 17, 29PHX @ DAL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 16, 23, 21, 19, 15, 21, 18, 26DAL vs PHX · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 24, 16, 17, 12, 12, 18, 22, 25CLE @ ATL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Chris CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 19, 19, 13, 27, 13, 11, 15, 25ATL vs CLE · L
6.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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+7.5 26.5 last 10 · 19.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.7 21.6 last 10 · 15.9 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
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.1 3.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
David WesleyNOH−4.9 10.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Latrell SprewellMIN−4.9 12.4 last 10 · 17.3 season