FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 28, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed MIL by 3 after the first quarter and won 111–107.

Final
MEM94
TOR88
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +6
Final
DAL118
ORL88
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +30
Final · OT
HOU111
MIL107
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
MIA80
IND87
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +7
Final
PHI65
BOS89
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +24
Final
WAS92
SAC100
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +8
Final
LAC77
GSW105
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +28
Final
UTA84
LAL91
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +7
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 28, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs WAS), 55 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIL

Houston needs overtime to survive Milwaukee

Tied 92–92 after regulation. Houston won the final period 19–15 for a 111–107 win. Yao Ming led Houston with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist. Michael Redd scored 36 for Milwaukee in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3+7-20+4HOU AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2032172319111
MIL2322262115107
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 17, 29, 10, 11, 28, 25, 14, 27HOU27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 14, 12, 19, 17, 22, 17, 17, 23HOU23 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 19, 26, 10, 17, 26, 24, 20, 36MIL36 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 15, 4, 19, 8, 20, 8, 23, 25MIL25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.1Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg43.7Today

44 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · MEM @ TOR

Memphis extends win streak to 5

94–88 over Toronto. Record: 47–26. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · MEM
Wvs SAS94–88Wvs LAC98–89L@ HOU80–88Wvs PHI82–79Lvs SEA94–97Wvs IND99–95Wvs TOR95–86W@ NYK111–97Wvs HOU109–86W@ TOR94–88MEM: last 10 games through Mar 28, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Michael Redd 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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 19, 26, 10, 17, 26, 24, 20, 36MIL vs HOU · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36, 35, 34LAL vs UTA · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 18, 11, 25, 17, 29, 21, 20, 29SAC vs WAS · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 17, 29, 10, 11, 28, 25, 14, 27HOU @ MIL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 28, 27, 27, 13, 0, 11, 11, 27WAS @ SAC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 2, 4, 23, 18, 19, 2, 11, 26UTA @ LAL · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 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+6.4 23.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+6.2 24.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Vince CarterTOR+6.1 28.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.9 19.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.8 13.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.0 10.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET−5.6 11.3 last 10 · 16.9 season
Brian CardinalGSW−5.3 4.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season