FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 15, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 18 after the first quarter and won 99–97.

Final · OT
PHX99
HOU97
Q1 PHX -18; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +2
Final
SAS80
GSW97
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +17
Final · OT
ORL110
LAL113
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL -15; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
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 15, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (WAS vs MIA), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Phoenix rallies from thirteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Houston led 48–35 at the break. It was 88–88 after regulation, and Phoenix won the extra time 11–9. Final: 99–97. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-18-13+10+2PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX152032211199
HOU33151822997
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 18, 14, 12, 17, 29, 15, 19, 29PHX29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 24, 33, 32, 23, 19, 26, 25, 24PHX24 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 14, 33, 27, 29, 19, 17, 17, 29HOU29 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 14, 17, 6, 24, 11, 19, 20, 23HOU23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · ORL @ LAL

Lakers outlast Orlando in overtime

102–102 at the end of regulation. Lakers took the last extra period 11–8. Final: 113–110. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 38 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs ORL
Kobe Bryant · LALTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3837REB37AST410Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.2Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.2 in 64 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 25, 11, 18, 0, 18, 16, 35, 38LAL vs ORL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 29, 31, 28, 13, 26, 62, 40, 37ORL @ LAL · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 14, 33, 27, 29, 19, 17, 17, 29HOU vs PHX · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 12, 14, 16, 26, 24, 14, 11, 29ORL @ LAL · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 3, 17, 27, 17, 24, 13, 13, 8, 29SAS @ GSW · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 18, 14, 12, 17, 29, 15, 19, 29PHX @ HOU · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.8 22.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+5.4 14.6 last 10 · 9.2 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
Vin BakerNYK−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−4.8 3.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
David WesleyNOH−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season