FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 14, 2005Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed ATL by 5 after three quarters and won 114–108.

Final
BOS119
CHA110
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +9
Final
LAL81
WAS95
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +14
Final · OT
DET114
ATL108
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +6
Final
MIL71
MIA110
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +23; Q3 MIA +36; Q4 MIA +39
Final
POR83
MEM104
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +21
Final
NOH89
SAS112
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +32; Q4 SAS +23
Final
HOU97
GSW94
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +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 14, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ LAC), 34 points.
The lead · DET @ ATL

Tayshaun Prince scores 31, Detroit wins in overtime

Tied 100–100 after regulation. Final: 114–108. Al Harrington scored 37 for Atlanta in the loss.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+8+9-50+6DET AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET3124172814114
ATL232331238108
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 17, 15, 5, 11, 20, 27, 6, 31DET31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 12, 22, 10, 19, 13, 18, 10, 28DET28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 18, 12, 19, 19, 21, 28, 17, 37ATL37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 24, 9, 13, 27, 25, 29, 8, 27ATL27 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.2Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.2 in 59 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · HOU @ GSW

Houston leads Golden State wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 97–94. Best quarter: the third, 34–27. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over GSW3DET over ATL6BOS over CHA9WAS over LAL14MEM over POR21SAS over NOH23MIA over MIL39Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over GSW.
Top performances

Al Harrington 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.
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 18, 12, 19, 19, 21, 28, 17, 37ATL vs DET · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 17, 15, 5, 11, 20, 27, 6, 31DET @ ATL · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 38, 25, 28, 27, 22, 18, 32, 20, 13, 29MIA vs MIL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 12, 22, 10, 19, 13, 18, 10, 28DET @ ATL · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 24, 9, 13, 27, 25, 29, 8, 27ATL vs DET · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 16, 29, 18, 22, 21, 23, 12, 27BOS @ CHA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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
Tyronn LueATL+8.2 18.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
JR SmithNOH+6.2 14.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Brian CardinalMEM+5.8 15.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Marquis DanielsDAL+5.5 16.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Tim ThomasNYK+5.4 17.0 last 10 · 11.6 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