FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 6, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by MIA (vs CLE) and MIN (vs BOS).

Final
DAL69
HOU90
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +21
Final
DET85
SAC100
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +15
Final
MIN99
BOS97
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN +2
Final
TOR95
NOH84
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +11
Final
UTA94
SAS101
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MIA102
CLE82
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +20
Final
GSW99
NYK115
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +16
Final
PHX110
SEA99
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +11
Final
IND94
LAL103
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +9
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 6, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Lamar Odom (MIA vs SAC), 30 points.
The lead · MIN @ BOS

Minnesota takes care of Boston

A 2-point win, 99–97. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final000-1+2MIN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2723222799
BOS2723232497
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 17, 20, 14, 31, 17, 28, 25, 21MIN21 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 26, 15, 14, 12, 14, 28, 20MIN20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 12, 25, 12, 17, 16, 29, 18, 22BOS22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 7, 12, 12, 13, 11, 9, 10, 17BOS17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
11.1Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 49 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIA @ CLE

Miami routs Cleveland by 20

Miami led by 11 at halftime and won 102–82. Eddie Jones led Miami with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over BOS2SAS over UTA7LAL over IND9TOR over NOH11PHX over SEA11SAC over DET15NYK over GSW16MIA over CLE20HOU over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over CLE.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 37

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 40, 21, 31, 20, 31, 30, 26, 40, 37LAL vs IND · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 26, 28, 16, 27, 12, 16, 9, 33TOR @ NOH · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 34, 17, 22, 23, 32, 26, 32HOU vs DAL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 24, 13, 18, 16, 17, 17, 19, 31SAS vs UTA · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 13, 12, 22, 18, 21, 11, 18, 30PHX @ SEA · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 13, 13, 28, 5, 28, 16, 24, 29IND @ LAL · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 6 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+7.4 15.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.5 13.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.3 35.6 last 10 · 30.3 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.1 23.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.1 19.8 last 10 · 14.8 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