FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 12, 2005Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MEM by 6 after the first quarter and won 80–66.

Final
NJN65
MIA90
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +25
Final
GSW105
ATL92
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +13
Final
LAL117
CHA116
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +1
Final
MIL107
NOH111
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +4
Final
DEN90
SAS87
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +3
Final
MEM66
POR80
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +14
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 12, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (ATL vs WAS), 42 points.
The lead · MEM @ POR

Portland handles Memphis by 14

The Trail Blazers won the second quarter 29–18. Final: 80–66. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Portland with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+5+11+14POR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM1718131866
POR1129192180
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 10, 7, 27, 25, 15, 22, 25POR25 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Richie FrahmPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 3, 0, 2, 4, 2, 8, 7, 14POR14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 7, 19, 9, 20, 23, 11, 10, 21MEM21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Brian CardinalPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 28, 10, 20, 13, 20, 15, 14, 11MEM11 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat New Jersey by 25, the widest margin of 6 games.

LAL over CHA1DEN over SAS3NOH over MIL4GSW over ATL13POR over MEM14MIA over NJN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 32

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: 31, 20, 31, 30, 26, 40, 37, 41, 36, 32LAL @ CHA · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 26, 11, 18, 12, 7, 13, 17, 30CHA vs LAL · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 35, 35, 24, 16, 26, 21, 33, 29MIL @ NOH · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 22, 22, 29, 7, 16, 9, 13, 26LAL @ CHA · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 9, 10, 7, 27, 25, 15, 22, 25POR vs MEM · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 16, 19, 15, 25, 14, 10, 30, 25SAS vs DEN · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 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+7.5 16.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Tyronn LueATL+7.2 17.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brian CardinalMEM+6.4 16.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Josh ChildressATL+6.2 14.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+5.7 15.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nazr MohammedSAS−5.9 4.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season