FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 26, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DEN by 6 after the first quarter and won 102–86.

Final
IND107
ORL92
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +15
Final
CLE71
PHI86
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +15
Final · OT
DAL118
MIA119
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +1
Final
TOR101
NYK108
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK +7
Final
NJN93
BOS102
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +9
Final
HOU86
MEM109
Q1 MEM +20; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +21; Q4 MEM +23
Final
PHX99
NOH94
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +5
Final
MIL115
CHI105
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +10
Final
WAS78
GSW99
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +21
Final
MIN73
LAL90
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +17
Final
DEN86
SEA102
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +16
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 26, 2003: 13 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ NOH), 41 points.
The lead · DEN @ SEA

Seattle makes it seven straight

Seattle beat Denver 102–86 and moved to 34–38. Ray Allen led Seattle with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-2+9+16SEA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2522182186
SEA19262928102
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 37, 16, 26, 27, 19, 19, 22, 26, 27SEA27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 16, 0, 4, 6, 11, 3, 2, 19SEA19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 31, 23, 20, 20, 13, 22, 25, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 23, 24, 12, 11, 10, 13, 9, 16DEN16 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.4Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.4 in 62 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg47.6Today

48 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Memphis by 23.

MIA over DAL1PHX over NOH5NYK over TOR7BOS over NJN9MIL over CHI10IND over ORL15PHI over CLE15SEA over DEN16LAL over MIN17GSW over WAS21MEM over HOU23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 40

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 19, 32, 24, 30, 42, 30, 26, 40TOR @ NYK · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 21, 21, 16, 21, 10, 11, 23, 38NYK vs TOR · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 0, 18, 16, 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36, 35LAL vs MIN · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 23, 10, 21, 21, 23, 15, 20, 35IND @ ORL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jannero PargoPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 4, 8, 0, 4, 4, 12, 34CHI vs MIL · L
4.1 PPG season to date · +31.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 23, 30, 21, 37, 28, 17, 18, 34BOS vs NJN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 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
Vince CarterTOR+7.0 29.7 last 10 · 22.7 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.9 23.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.7 13.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.5 18.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.5 10.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.6 6.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.3 14.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−5.2 11.8 last 10 · 17.0 season