FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 20, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed IND by 11 after the first quarter and won 99–95.

Final
PHI69
MIA101
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +32
Final
UTA87
ATL81
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +6
Final
IND95
MEM99
Q1 MEM -11; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +4
Final
NYK81
CHI87
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +6
Final
BOS87
SAS103
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +16
Final
MIL111
PHX123
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +12
Final
ORL73
POR92
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +19
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 20, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DAL vs SAS), 35 points.
The lead · IND @ MEM

Memphis fights back from 11 down against Indiana

Final: 99–95, after trailing by 11 after one. Stromile Swift led Memphis with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-11-4+2+4MEM AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3620231695
MEM2527291899
Who led
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 9, 6, 12, 8, 19, 5, 12, 17MEM17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 13, 14, 27, 24, 12, 22, 21, 17MEM17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 30, 31, 20, 8, 32, 10, 23, 28IND28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 25, 17, 8, 23, 10, 21, 21, 23IND23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ ATL

Utah handles Atlanta by 6

The Jazz won the second quarter 25–24. Final: 87–81. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over IND4UTA over ATL6CHI over NYK6PHX over MIL12SAS over BOS16POR over ORL19MIA over PHI32Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 67 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 25.0 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal 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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 30, 31, 20, 8, 32, 10, 23, 28IND @ MEM · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 23, 19, 26, 25, 24, 28, 15, 27PHX vs MIL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 26, 21, 25, 27, 22, 9, 22, 26SAS vs BOS · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 9, 6, 14, 16, 16, 16, 15, 26SAS vs BOS · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 11, 34, 16, 18, 8, 25, 11, 17, 5, 25CHI vs NYK · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 12, 24, 18, 9, 16, 6, 28, 25CHI vs NYK · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 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+8.0 24.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+6.3 26.9 last 10 · 20.6 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.9 18.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.6 9.2 last 10 · 17.8 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.3 5.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.0 5.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brian CardinalGSW−4.8 4.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season