FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 9, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ATL by 10 after the first quarter and won 95–91.

Final
ATL91
BOS95
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +4
Final
ORL96
TOR106
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +10
Final
GSW88
DET92
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +4
Final · OT
NJN86
NOH85
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +1
Final
SAS101
PHX107
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +6
Final
CHI97
POR84
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +13
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 9, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs MIN), 37 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Boston fights back from 10 down against Atlanta

Final: 95–91, after trailing by 10 after one. Paul Pierce led Boston with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-10-6-6+4BOS AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL3022182191
BOS2026183195
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 25, 16, 15, 25, 29, 8, 12, 27BOS27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 25, 12, 17, 16, 29, 18, 22, 21BOS21 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 13, 12, 12, 24, 9, 13, 27, 25ATL25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 14, 25, 23, 18, 12, 19, 19, 21ATL21 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.5Season avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Chicago by 13.

NJN over NOH1BOS over ATL4DET over GSW4PHX over SAS6TOR over ORL10CHI over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 44

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 9, 42, 31, 17, 33, 27, 26, 20, 22, 44PHX vs SAS · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 22, 16, 19, 15, 25, 14, 10, 30SAS @ PHX · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 25, 16, 15, 25, 29, 8, 12, 27BOS vs ATL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 6, 16, 22, 29, 13, 26, 21, 27ORL @ TOR · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 12, 5, 16, 17, 9, 8, 16, 25CHI @ POR · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 13, 12, 12, 24, 9, 13, 27, 25ATL @ BOS · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 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+7.9 16.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Brian CardinalMEM+5.9 15.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Tyronn LueATL+5.6 15.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+4.8 13.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+4.7 14.6 last 10 · 9.9 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