FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 1, 2005Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ATL by 5 after the first quarter and won 97–74.

Final
GSW97
MEM99
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +2
Final
SAC87
CHA94
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +7
Final
SEA101
IND93
Q1 SEA +12; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +8
Final
PHI118
MIL111
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +7
Final
HOU119
CHI89
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +27; Q3 HOU +32; Q4 HOU +30
Final
ATL74
DEN97
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +23
Final
DET103
POR93
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
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 · 2003–04Mar 1, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs NOH), 35 points.
The lead · ATL @ DEN

Denver 97, Atlanta 74

Denver won the third quarter 32–16 on the way to a 23-point win. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-1+15+23DEN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1816162474
DEN1320323297
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 14, 18, 22, 21, 19, 12, 31, 23DEN23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 14, 5, 5, 2, 22, 15, 12, 14DEN14 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 13, 7, 26, 25, 14, 25, 23, 18ATL18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Obinna EkeziePoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 10, 13, 10, 6, 2, 4, 4, 12ATL12 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Houston by 30.

MEM over GSW2CHA over SAC7PHI over MIL7SEA over IND8DET over POR10DEN over ATL23HOU over CHI30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 48

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 38, 30, 60, 38, 23, 29, 27, 48PHI @ MIL · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
48 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 26, 17, 29, 39, 11, 14, 35, 35MIL vs PHI · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 21, 24, 16, 18, 34, 17, 22, 23, 32HOU @ CHI · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 23, 18, 17, 23, 26, 16, 9, 30SEA @ IND · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 32, 20, 18, 26, 30, 31, 25, 29GSW @ MEM · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 23, 6, 18, 20, 15, 18, 19, 28MIL vs PHI · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 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
JR SmithNOH+8.1 16.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.6 29.9 last 10 · 22.3 season
Damon JonesMIA+6.2 17.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+6.0 13.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+5.6 31.1 last 10 · 25.5 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.2 8.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−5.1 3.8 last 10 · 8.9 season