FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 19, 2005Regular season · 7 games
← Mar 18CalendarMar 20 →

7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAC by 9 after three quarters and won 111–107.

Final
CHI94
PHI88
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +6
Final
UTA95
WAS96
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
NYK82
MIA97
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +15
Final
BOS113
NOH100
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +13
Final
CHA93
DAL104
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +11
Final
ORL97
POR92
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +5
Final · OT
SAC111
LAC107
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -9; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
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 19, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Corey Maggette (LAC @ LAL), 31 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAC

Sacramento needs overtime to survive Clippers

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 10–6 for a 111–107 win. Cuttino Mobley led Sacramento with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5+2-90+4SAC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC1928193510111
LAC242130266107
Who led
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 17, 14, 17, 21, 20, 10, 28, 24SAC24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 0, 28, 15, 14, 19, 6, 21, 27, 18, 24SAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 10, 37, 30, 26, 19, 31, 26, 28LAC28 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 17, 17, 22, 10, 20, 13, 6, 22LAC22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ WAS

Washington fights back from 8 down against Utah

Final: 96–95, after trailing by 8 at the half. Gilbert Arenas led Washington with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs UTA
Gilbert Arenas · WASAndrei Kirilenko · UTAPTS2228REB87AST56Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 33

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 13, 25, 33, 15, 21, 23, 25, 33MIA vs NYK · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 25, 23, 25, 29, 21, 21, 15, 33DAL vs CHA · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 33, 27, 33, 25, 32, 36, 31, 31PHI vs CHI · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 18, 32, 20, 13, 29, 24, 27, 30MIA vs NYK · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 10, 37, 30, 26, 19, 31, 26, 28LAC vs SAC · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 16, 16, 25, 27, 14, 15, 15, 28UTA @ WAS · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 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+7.4 17.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Tim ThomasNYK+6.7 18.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+6.7 15.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Reggie MillerIND+5.6 19.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Derek AndersonPOR−6.2 2.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Chris WebberPHI−6.0 13.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.5 7.9 last 10 · 13.4 season