FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 7, 2005Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed LAC by 5 at halftime and won 105–102.

Final
PHI100
MIA108
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MIL85
CHI90
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +5
Final
TOR105
DAL113
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Final
POR98
DEN111
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MEM105
LAC102
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +3
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 7, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs NJN), 32 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAC

Memphis edges Clippers by three

Clippers won the fourth 31–27, but Memphis held on, 105–102. Lorenzen Wright led Memphis with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Corey Maggette scored 37 for Clippers in the loss.

Game flow · MEM 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+4-5+7+3MEM AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM29163327105
LAC25252131102
Who led
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 18, 6, 6, 7, 19, 9, 20, 23MEM23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Brian CardinalPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 9, 17, 14, 28, 10, 20, 13, 20MEM20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 23, 20, 23, 25, 16, 34, 10, 37LAC37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 12, 23, 15, 24, 17, 18, 18, 19LAC19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
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
9.2Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg32.4Today

32 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · MIL @ CHI

Chicago beats Milwaukee, 90–85

Chicago led 65–57 after three and won by 5. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over LAC3CHI over MIL5MIA over PHI8DAL over TOR8DEN over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIL.
Top performances

Corey Maggette 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.
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 23, 20, 23, 25, 16, 34, 10, 37LAC vs MEM · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 21, 38, 25, 28, 27, 22, 18, 32MIA vs PHI · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 7, 29, 13, 13, 7, 18, 10, 32DAL vs TOR · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 60, 38, 23, 29, 27, 48, 37, 31, 33, 27PHI @ MIA · L
30.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 39, 11, 14, 35, 35, 24, 16, 26MIL @ CHI · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 32, 27, 14, 0, 20, 18, 13, 25MIA vs PHI · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Brian CardinalMEM+5.2 14.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE+5.1 23.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.1 35.3 last 10 · 30.2 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