FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 10, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ATL by 5 after the first quarter and won 94–80.

Final
LAL117
BOS109
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +8
Final
WAS99
ORL108
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +9
Final
CLE106
TOR92
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +14
Final
CHI65
DET98
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +33
Final
DEN97
NJN98
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +1
Final
ATL80
MIL94
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +14
Final
MIA84
NOH95
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +11
Final
LAC90
SAS108
Q1 SAS +19; Q2 SAS +27; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +18
Final
GSW77
UTA91
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +26; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +14
Final
MIN79
POR92
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +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 10, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs MIN), 37 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIL

Milwaukee tops Atlanta in Milwaukee

Final: 94–80. Keith Van Horn led Milwaukee with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+6+9+14MIL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2812211980
MIL2323242494
Who led
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 4, 30, 11, 25, 22, 13, 10, 23MIL23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 26, 19, 27, 24, 21, 18, 20, 23MIL23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 17, 12, 23, 23, 15, 21, 17, 20ATL20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Chris CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 19, 13, 27, 13, 11, 15, 25, 18ATL18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIA @ NOH

New Orleans beats Miami by 11

The Hornets won 95–84 in New Orleans. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over DEN1LAL over BOS8ORL over WAS9NOH over MIA11POR over MIN13CLE over TOR14MIL over ATL14UTA over GSW14SAS over LAC18DET over CHI33Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over MIA.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 62

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 35, 30, 29, 31, 28, 13, 26, 62ORL vs WAS · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +34.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high62 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 21, 35, 35, 27, 26, 28, 23, 40WAS @ ORL · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 26, 18, 24, 33, 12, 26, 6, 33NOH vs MIA · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 17, 28, 19, 17, 6, 29, 20, 30CLE @ TOR · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 11, 34, 21, 21, 22, 25, 24, 13, 23, 30BOS vs LAL · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 29, 19, 23, 28, 32, 32, 16, 28LAL @ BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 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+7.5 26.5 last 10 · 19.0 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+7.0 16.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+6.3 26.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.8 21.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.1 10.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.1 5.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−4.7 3.4 last 10 · 8.1 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.6 14.5 last 10 · 19.1 season