FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 22, 2004Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ATL by 4 after the first quarter and won 96–84.

Final
CHI77
IND101
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +24
Final
DAL98
PHI107
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +9
Final
ATL84
NYK96
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +12
Final
LAC80
DEN102
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +22
Final · OT
HOU93
POR85
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +8
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 22, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Rasheed Wallace (POR vs SAC), 31 points.
The lead · ATL @ NYK

Atlanta's skid reaches three

New York won 96–84; the Hawks fall to 22–49. Nazr Mohammed led New York with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+6+7+12NYK AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2915241684
NYK2525252196
Who led
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 15, 6, 13, 2, 14, 14, 6, 18NYK18 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
DerMarr JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 2, 0, 16, 0, 0, 1, 2, 14NYK14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 11, 42, 18, 39, 36, 17, 17, 20ATL20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 11, 15, 25, 18, 20, 18, 11, 18ATL18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · HOU @ POR

Houston outlasts Portland in overtime

83–83 at the end of regulation. Houston took the last extra period 10–2. Final: 93–85. Yao Ming led Houston with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs POR
Yao Ming · HOUZach Randolph · PORPTS2820REB1311AST22Top 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
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 68 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 72 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 30

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: 21, 18, 26, 21, 8, 34, 28, 24, 21, 30DAL @ PHI · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 29, 19, 17, 17, 29, 10, 11, 28HOU @ POR · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 14, 22, 25, 8, 20, 11, 23, 27PHI vs DAL · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Predrag DrobnjakPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 4, 4, 2, 6, 2, 7, 13, 24LAC @ DEN · L
6.3 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 11, 24, 19, 14, 12, 19, 17, 22HOU @ POR · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 26, 24, 31, 23, 20, 20, 13, 22DEN vs LAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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+7.9 24.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+6.3 19.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.5 25.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.9 9.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.0 5.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Vin BakerNYK−4.9 5.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Antoine WalkerDAL−4.7 9.8 last 10 · 14.5 season