FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 9, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by MIN (vs SEA) and MEM (vs SAS) and IND (vs TOR) and PHI (vs CHI).

Final · OT
TOR84
IND94
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +10
Final
DEN117
WAS87
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +30
Final
ORL89
MIA100
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +11
Final
BOS87
NYK84
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +3
Final
SAS88
MEM94
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +6
Final
PHI89
CHI81
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +8
Final
LAC85
HOU90
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +5
Final
GSW92
SAC96
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +4
Final
MIN105
SEA92
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +13
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 9, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs DEN), 43 points.
The lead · SAS @ MEM

Memphis makes it six straight

Memphis beat San Antonio 94–88 and moved to 40–24. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+10-4+6MEM AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1818312188
MEM2422173194
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 11, 14, 18, 11, 25, 13, 14, 27MEM27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 12, 13, 8, 9, 7, 7, 15, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 11, 9, 29, 3, 17, 27, 17, 24SAS24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 5, 1, 2, 12, 17, 8, 4, 18, 19, 19SAS19 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ CHI

Philadelphia takes care of Chicago

An 8-point win, 89–81. Kenny Thomas led Philadelphia with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over NYK3SAC over GSW4HOU over LAC5MEM over SAS6PHI over CHI8IND over TOR10MIA over ORL11MIN over SEA13DEN over WAS30Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 37

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 26, 40, 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37SEA vs MIN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 23, 3, 17, 5, 20, 12, 4, 31MIN @ SEA · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 16, 18, 24, 27, 28, 32, 20, 29MIN @ SEA · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 19, 21, 22, 27, 16, 32, 26, 28TOR @ IND · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 11, 14, 18, 11, 25, 13, 14, 27MEM vs SAS · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 21, 8, 9, 16, 15, 8, 12, 27DEN @ WAS · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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
Hedo TurkogluSAS+5.9 15.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.7 21.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+5.5 25.0 last 10 · 19.5 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
Allan HoustonNYK−4.6 14.5 last 10 · 19.1 season