FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 8, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SEA by 12 after the first quarter and won 97–95.

Final
ORL92
CLE111
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +19
Final
GSW104
PHI85
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +19
Final
WAS83
NYK93
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +10
Final
ATL101
MIL105
Q1 MIL -11; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +4
Final
CHA97
MIN102
Q1 MIN -10; Q2 MIN -11; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +5
Final
NJN74
SAS90
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +16
Final
IND89
UTA83
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +6
Final
MEM82
SAC85
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +3
Final
HOU97
SEA95
Q1 HOU -12; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +2
Final
LAC110
LAL101
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +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 8, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ ATL), 34 points.
The lead · HOU @ SEA

Tracy McGrady scores 35, Houston rallies past Seattle

Houston trailed by 12 after one and won 97–95.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-9+7+2HOU AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2129222597
SEA332663095
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 34, 17, 22, 23, 32, 26, 32, 35HOU35 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 23, 30, 20, 12, 14, 11, 14, 22HOU22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 25, 32, 16, 18, 31, 15, 27, 32SEA32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 26, 16, 9, 30, 20, 18, 26, 26SEA26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 19.

HOU over SEA2SAC over MEM3MIL over ATL4MIN over CHA5IND over UTA6LAC over LAL9NYK over WAS10SAS over NJN16CLE over ORL19GSW over PHI19Final 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
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 41

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: 40, 21, 31, 20, 31, 30, 26, 40, 37, 41LAL vs LAC · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 34, 17, 22, 23, 32, 26, 32, 35HOU @ SEA · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 29, 27, 48, 37, 31, 33, 27, 33PHI vs GSW · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 25, 32, 16, 18, 31, 15, 27, 32SEA vs HOU · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 20, 14, 31, 17, 28, 25, 21, 30MIN vs CHA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 20, 23, 25, 16, 34, 10, 37, 30LAC @ LAL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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
Brian CardinalMEM+5.9 15.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Josh ChildressATL+4.7 12.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+4.7 14.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tim ThomasNYK+4.3 15.7 last 10 · 11.4 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