FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 5, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHA by 7 at halftime and won 86–84.

Final
PHI98
ATL97
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +1
Final
WAS86
CHA84
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
ORL105
NJN81
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +22; Q3 ORL +26; Q4 ORL +24
Final
CHI87
MIL95
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +8
Final
POR116
PHX129
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +13
Final
DEN105
LAC89
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +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 · 2003–04Mar 5, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK @ TOR), 35 points.
The lead · WAS @ CHA

Washington survives Charlotte, 86–84

A two-point finish after it was 61–60 through three. Brendan Haywood led Washington with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-6-7+1+2WAS AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1819242586
CHA2420162484
Who led
Brendan HaywoodPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 8, 16, 5, 13, 13, 12, 10, 22WAS22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 34, 11, 30, 36, 43, 33, 23, 21WAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jason HartPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 12, 6, 2, 9, 2, 10, 13, 20CHA20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jason KaponoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 3, 0, 0, 8, 4, 1, 3, 19CHA19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 37 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 0 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · PHI @ ATL

Philadelphia takes over late to edge Atlanta

Down 5 after three, Philadelphia won the fourth 29–23. Final: 98–97. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 33 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over ATL1WAS over CHA2MIL over CHI8PHX over POR13DEN over LAC16ORL over NJN24Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over ATL.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 60, 38, 23, 29, 27, 48, 37, 31, 33PHI @ ATL · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 17, 14, 25, 14, 7, 19, 12, 30POR @ PHX · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 21, 18, 17, 13, 25, 15, 13, 26PHX vs POR · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 22, 16, 6, 16, 22, 29, 13, 26ORL @ NJN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 26, 14, 16, 9, 10, 7, 27, 25POR @ PHX · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 28, 9, 13, 26, 11, 4, 6, 24CHI @ MIL · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+8.4 16.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Damon JonesMIA+6.2 17.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.5 13.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.5 23.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.3 35.6 last 10 · 30.3 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Nazr MohammedSAS−5.7 5.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season