FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 16, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed ATL by 14 after the first quarter and won 118–110.

Final
CHI87
CLE111
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +24
Final
SEA118
ATL110
Q1 SEA -14; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +8
Final
NOH83
MIA96
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +13
Final
SAC77
NJN94
Q1 NJN +17; Q2 NJN +19; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +17
Final · OT
WAS110
NYK114
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
PHI79
MEM82
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -11; Q3 MEM -9; Q4 MEM +3
Final
POR100
MIL99
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +1
Final
LAC110
PHX98
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +12
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 16, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK vs MIL), 50 points.
The lead · SEA @ ATL

Seattle rallies from 14 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 14 after one, Seattle outscored the Hawks 98–76 the rest of the way. Final: 118–110. Brent Barry led Seattle with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists. Stephen Jackson scored 39 for Atlanta in the loss.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14+12+3+8SEA AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA20432134118
ATL34173029110
Who led
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 3, 17, 10, 6, 3, 4, 25, 28SEA28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 40, 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37, 16, 26, 27SEA27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 17, 20, 19, 30, 11, 42, 18, 39ATL39 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 15, 6, 16, 2, 12, 28, 5, 19ATL19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 64 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 69 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Chicago by 24.

POR over MIL1MEM over PHI3NYK over WAS4SEA over ATL8LAC over PHX12MIA over NOH13NJN over SAC17CLE over CHI24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Stephen Jackson leads the day with 39

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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 17, 20, 19, 30, 11, 42, 18, 39ATL vs SEA · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 22, 17, 23, 12, 8, 25, 32, 32LAC @ PHX · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 2, 22, 16, 16, 13, 18, 17, 2, 20, 32NYK vs WAS · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 3, 17, 10, 6, 3, 4, 25, 28SEA @ ATL · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 33, 32, 23, 19, 26, 25, 24, 28PHX vs LAC · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 27, 26, 28, 23, 40, 30, 28, 27WAS @ NYK · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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+9.2 29.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Stephen JacksonATL+7.0 23.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.8 18.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.1 9.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−4.8 3.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−4.7 5.8 last 10 · 10.5 season