FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 24, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed PHX by 9 after three quarters and won 99–94.

Final
MIA105
ORL90
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +15
Final
PHX94
PHI99
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -9; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MEM111
NYK97
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +25; Q4 MEM +14
Final
DAL99
IND103
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +4
Final · OT
TOR89
HOU90
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +1
Final
MIN92
DEN101
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +9
Final
LAC85
POR91
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +6
Final
UTA77
SEA84
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +13; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +7
Final
MIL89
GSW98
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +9
Final
SAC91
LAL115
Q1 LAL +19; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +24
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 24, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MEM), 34 points.
The lead · PHX @ PHI

Philadelphia climbs out of a 9-point hole against Phoenix

Down 9 after three, the 76ers won the fourth quarter 32–18 and the game 99–94. Samuel Dalembert led Philadelphia with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-8-9+5PHI AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2429231894
PHI1827223299
Who led
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 0, 4, 2, 5, 10, 11, 6, 23PHI23 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Eric SnowPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 10, 19, 8, 9, 8, 2, 10, 19PHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 23, 20, 19, 18, 18, 21, 31, 27PHX27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 26, 25, 24, 28, 15, 27, 21, 24PHX24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ IND

Indiana beats Dallas, 103–99

Indiana led 79–74 after three and won by 4. Metta World Peace led Indiana with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over TOR1IND over DAL4PHI over PHX5POR over LAC6SEA over UTA7DEN over MIN9GSW over MIL9MEM over NYK14MIA over ORL15LAL over SAC24Final margin, points. Pink = IND over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.4Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 73 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

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: 18, 0, 18, 16, 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36LAL vs SAC · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 28, 20, 17, 14, 14, 9, 19, 32POR vs LAC · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 19, 18, 19, 23, 8, 17, 16, 28MIA @ ORL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 23, 20, 19, 18, 18, 21, 31, 27PHX @ PHI · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 28, 19, 32, 24, 30, 42, 30, 26TOR @ HOU · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 37, 16, 26, 27, 19, 19, 22, 26SEA vs UTA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Stephen JacksonATL+7.9 24.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Vince CarterTOR+6.5 28.9 last 10 · 22.4 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+6.4 19.4 last 10 · 13.0 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−7.5 10.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.0 14.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.7 7.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Brian CardinalGSW−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season