FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 26, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by SAC (vs PHI) and CHI (vs CHA).

Final
ORL98
MIA101
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +3
Final
CHI94
CHA90
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +4
Final
IND79
NYK90
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +11
Final
SAC101
PHI99
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
Final
PHX124
DAL123
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +1
Final
MEM84
SAS82
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +2
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 · 2003–04Feb 26, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC @ LAL), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHI

Sacramento takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 1 after three, Sacramento won the fourth 27–24. Final: 101–99. Mike Bibby led Sacramento with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-5-1+2SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC26192927101
PHI3119252499
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 16, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 26, 19SAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 14, 11, 12, 10, 18, 19, 14, 17SAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 28, 38, 30, 60, 38, 23, 29, 27PHI27 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 2, 4, 16, 3, 8, 11, 7, 18PHI18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 11.

PHX over DAL1SAC over PHI2MEM over SAS2MIA over ORL3CHI over CHA4NYK over IND11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg23.2Last 3

23.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg37.5Today

37 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 33

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 32, 22, 33, 9, 42, 31, 17, 33PHX @ DAL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 17, 28, 16, 16, 11, 39, 14, 28ORL @ MIA · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 28, 38, 30, 60, 38, 23, 29, 27PHI vs SAC · L
29.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 12, 21, 17, 16, 20, 19, 30, 27SAS vs MEM · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 25, 17, 6, 13, 9, 9, 0, 27DAL vs PHX · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 27, 27, 31, 35, 16, 29, 34, 26DAL vs PHX · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 5 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 CarterNJN+8.5 30.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
JR SmithNOH+7.8 15.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Melvin ElyCHA+5.7 12.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.5 13.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mike BibbySAC+5.2 24.4 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season