FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 17, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed POR by 9 after the first quarter and won 98–94.

Final
LAL89
MIA102
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +13
Final
POR94
DAL98
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +4
Final
SAC97
GSW100
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +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 17, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (ATL @ DAL), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

Dallas climbs back to beat Portland

Portland led by 9 after one. Dallas won it 98–94. Josh Howard led Dallas with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2-1+4DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2224212794
DAL1331223298
Who led
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 10, 1, 22, 18, 2, 15, 10, 21DAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 13, 11, 4, 12, 19, 10, 8, 17DAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 19, 12, 30, 24, 13, 20, 8, 20POR20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 27, 25, 15, 22, 25, 14, 20, 20POR20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · SAC @ GSW

Golden State never trails at a break against Sacramento

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–97. Jason Richardson led Golden State with 40 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over SAC3DAL over POR4MIA over LAL13Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over SAC.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 40

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 34, 24, 22, 10, 5, 22, 13, 40GSW vs SAC · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 18, 17, 14, 17, 21, 20, 10, 28SAC @ GSW · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 22, 18, 32, 20, 13, 29, 24, 27MIA vs LAL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 40, 37, 41, 36, 32, 18, 20, 26LAL @ MIA · L
28.2 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 18, 13, 25, 33, 15, 21, 23, 25MIA vs LAL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 7, 16, 9, 13, 26, 15, 1, 23LAL @ MIA · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 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+7.6 17.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Tim ThomasNYK+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+5.9 15.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Brian CardinalMEM+5.7 15.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Nazr MohammedSAS−6.3 4.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Derek AndersonPOR−6.2 2.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Chris WebberPHI−5.9 14.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season