FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 25, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NOH by 9 after the first quarter and won 84–76.

Final
NOH76
ATL84
Q1 ATL -9; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +8
Final
DET75
SAS84
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +9
Final
WAS103
LAC94
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +9
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 25, 2003: 5 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs MIL), 31 points.
The lead · NOH @ ATL

Atlanta takes care of New Orleans

An 8-point win, 84–76. Bob Sura led Atlanta with 23 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-9-8+1+8ATL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2620161476
ATL1721252184
Who led
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 28, 5, 19, 19, 16, 19, 7, 23ATL23 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Chris CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 15, 25, 18, 20, 18, 11, 18, 16ATL16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 8, 9, 6, 13, 12, 0, 19, 16NOH16 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Stacey AugmonPoints, last 10 games: 1, 6, 3, 21, 10, 8, 8, 12, 2, 13NOH13 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ SAS

San Antonio tops Detroit in San Antonio

Final: 84–75. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NOH8SAS over DET9WAS over LAC9Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 71 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Larry Hughes 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.
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 23, 10, 27, 21, 0, 8, 23, 30WAS @ LAC · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 21, 8, 25, 23, 25, 31, 22, 25LAC vs WAS · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 28, 5, 19, 19, 16, 19, 7, 23ATL vs NOH · W
6.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 29, 19, 23, 21, 7, 11, 6, 20WAS @ LAC · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 5, 27, 26, 15, 20, 9, 8, 18LAC vs WAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 18, 18, 14, 16, 20, 10, 10, 17DET @ SAS · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 14 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+6.9 23.7 last 10 · 16.8 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
Chauncey BillupsDET−5.2 11.8 last 10 · 17.0 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