FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 13, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed WAS by 6 at halftime and won 111–102.

Final
SEA115
ORL101
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +14
Final
BOS111
WAS102
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +9
Final
GSW84
NOH102
Q1 NOH +13; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +18
Final
LAL88
CHI81
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +7
Final
MEM80
HOU88
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +8
Final
DAL113
PHX90
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +28; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +23
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 13, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (SEA vs DAL), 30 points.
The lead · BOS @ WAS

Paul Pierce scores 37 as Boston wins in Washington

Final: 111–102. Paul Pierce made 13 of 28 shots from the field.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6-4+9BOS AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS27272532111
WAS30302319102
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 22, 25, 24, 13, 23, 30, 21, 37BOS37 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 13, 17, 3, 12, 14, 19, 2, 17BOS17 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 35, 27, 26, 28, 23, 40, 30, 28WAS28 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Etan ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 13, 15, 12, 8, 6, 19, 13, 21WAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAL @ CHI

Lakers beat Chicago, 88–81

Lakers led 68–64 after three and won by 7. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 35 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over CHI7HOU over MEM8BOS over WAS9SEA over ORL14NOH over GSW18DAL over PHX23Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg12.6Last 3

12.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 40

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: 31, 35, 30, 29, 31, 28, 13, 26, 62, 40ORL vs SEA · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 12, 35, 16, 19, 16, 13, 18, 38DAL @ PHX · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 22, 25, 24, 13, 23, 30, 21, 37BOS @ WAS · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 35, 25, 11, 18, 0, 18, 16, 35LAL @ CHI · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 35, 27, 26, 28, 23, 40, 30, 28WAS vs BOS · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 40, 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37, 16, 26SEA @ ORL · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Gilbert ArenasWAS+8.8 29.3 last 10 · 20.5 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+6.7 15.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+6.2 18.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.1 10.1 last 10 · 18.2 season
Vin BakerNYK−6.2 4.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.3 5.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.0 2.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
David WesleyNOH−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season