FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 11, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 113–112.

Final
GSW83
IND101
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +18
Final
MIN101
ORL96
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +5
Final
CHA80
PHI112
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +18; Q3 PHI +32; Q4 PHI +32
Final · OT
ATL116
TOR112
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final · 2OT
DET113
BOS115
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +2
Final
DAL112
MIL110
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
Final
HOU127
PHX107
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU -4; Q4 HOU +20
Final
MEM94
UTA82
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +12
Final
LAC112
SAC113
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +1
Final
CHI100
SEA97
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +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 11, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (HOU vs NOH), 31 points.
The lead · LAC @ SAC

Sacramento wins a tight one over Clippers

113–112. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Mike Bibby led Sacramento with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-7+2-3+1SAC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC31223524112
SAC24313028113
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 19, 38, 14, 26, 22, 19, 26, 28SAC28 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 17, 9, 18, 8, 0, 5, 8, 22SAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 23, 25, 16, 34, 10, 37, 30, 26LAC26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 15, 24, 17, 18, 18, 19, 16, 24LAC24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.9Season avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.9 in 60 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 40 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg42.4Today

42 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one 76ers rout

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Charlotte by 32.

SAC over LAC1BOS over DET2DAL over MIL2CHI over SEA3ATL over TOR4MIN over ORL5MEM over UTA12IND over GSW18HOU over PHX20PHI over CHA32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 38

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 16, 15, 25, 29, 8, 12, 27, 38BOS vs DET · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 17, 22, 23, 32, 26, 32, 35, 38HOU @ PHX · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 39, 11, 14, 35, 35, 24, 16, 26, 21, 33MIL vs DAL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 14, 14, 6, 11, 4, 11, 21, 32ORL vs MIN · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 42, 31, 17, 33, 27, 26, 20, 22, 44, 31PHX vs HOU · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 29, 34, 26, 28, 25, 23, 25, 29DAL @ MIL · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Tyronn LueATL+7.1 17.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brian CardinalMEM+6.2 16.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.2 13.6 last 10 · 8.4 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