FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 14, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIL by 22 at halftime and won 103–100.

Final
PHI69
DET85
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +16
Final
ATL84
TOR101
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +17
Final
IND104
CLE107
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +3
Final
NYK103
MIL100
Q1 NYK -12; Q2 NYK -22; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +3
Final
POR92
MIN83
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +9
Final
SAS87
SAC101
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +14
Final
NJN95
MIA104
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +9
Final
UTA75
DEN102
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +27
Final
DAL101
LAC88
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +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 14, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (ATL vs NYK), 33 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIL

New York erases 22-point lead, steals one from Milwaukee

Milwaukee led 61–39 at halftime. New York won the second half 64–39 to take it 103–100. Stephon Marbury led New York with 21 points, 1 rebound and 16 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-22-6+3NYK AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK19203529103
MIL31301920100
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 28, 5, 36, 35, 24, 14, 21, 21NYK21 PTS · 1 REB · 16 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 2, 22, 16, 16, 13, 18, 17, 2, 20NYK20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Brian SkinnerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 17, 6, 7, 15, 16, 7, 1, 21MIL21 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 27, 24, 21, 18, 20, 23, 19, 19MIL19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
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
7.0Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Utah by 27, the widest margin of 9 games.

CLE over IND3NYK over MIL3POR over MIN9MIA over NJN9DAL over LAC13SAC over SAS14DET over PHI16TOR over ATL17DEN over UTA27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 19, 15, 21, 18, 26, 21, 8, 34DAL @ LAC · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 23, 22, 17, 23, 12, 8, 25, 32LAC vs DAL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 15, 23, 12, 19, 30, 31, 20, 8, 32IND @ CLE · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 22, 27, 16, 32, 26, 28, 19, 32TOR vs ATL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 30, 18, 24, 19, 24, 34, 14, 26CLE vs IND · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 32, 21, 18, 18, 26, 21, 8, 25LAC vs DAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 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+6.3 15.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.8 22.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.4 9.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.3 5.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.0 2.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
David WesleyNOH−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season