FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 18, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET89
NJN71
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +18
Final
SEA97
MEM94
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +3
Final
MIN86
SAS106
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +20
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 18, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK @ SAS), 36 points.
The lead · SEA @ MEM

Seattle holds off Memphis, 97–94

Seattle led 69–64 after three and held on to win by three. Ray Allen led Seattle with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+12+5+3SEA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA3026132897
MEM2321203094
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37, 16, 26, 27, 19SEA19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 14, 2, 15, 5, 0, 21, 16, 19SEA19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 25, 13, 14, 27, 24, 12, 22, 21MEM21 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 8, 15, 7, 8, 19, 10, 9, 13MEM13 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DET @ NJN

Detroit leads New Jersey wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 89–71. Best quarter: the second, 34–16. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over MEM3DET over NJN18SAS over MIN20Final margin, points. Pink = DET over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.8Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 28

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 28, 32, 20, 29, 20, 20, 20, 28MIN @ SAS · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 28, 26, 21, 25, 27, 22, 9, 22SAS vs MIN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 25, 13, 14, 27, 24, 12, 22, 21MEM vs SEA · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 8, 25, 13, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21MIN @ SAS · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 28, 17, 16, 2, 9, 19, 13, 20DET @ NJN · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37, 16, 26, 27, 19SEA @ MEM · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 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
Stephen JacksonATL+8.7 25.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+8.3 29.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+5.4 14.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.4 9.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.0 5.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Brian CardinalGSW−4.8 4.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season