FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 22, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed IND by 8 after the first quarter and won 98–91.

Final
DET76
CLE91
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +15
Final
PHX105
ATL94
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +11
Final
IND91
NJN98
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN -2; Q4 NJN +7
Final
WAS98
DEN127
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +29
Final
LAL107
UTA115
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MIA82
HOU84
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -5; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +2
Final
POR93
SAC112
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +19
Final
MIL84
SEA92
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +8
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 22, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ PHI), 30 points.
The lead · IND @ NJN

Vince Carter scores 33, New Jersey rallies past Indiana

New Jersey trailed by 8 after one and won 98–91.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-8-8-2+7NJN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3419172191
NJN2619233098
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 13, 24, 20, 33, 30, 23, 39, 33NJN33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 14, 15, 7, 14, 22, 10, 14, 16NJN16 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 29, 30, 22, 13, 28, 19, 21, 23IND23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 11, 24, 19, 29, 15, 39, 13, 18IND18 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 45 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Washington by 29, the widest margin of 8 games.

HOU over MIA2NJN over IND7UTA over LAL8SEA over MIL8PHX over ATL11CLE over DET15SAC over POR19DEN over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

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: 37, 41, 36, 32, 18, 20, 26, 12, 30, 43LAL @ UTA · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 20, 22, 44, 31, 13, 31, 15, 40PHX @ ATL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 13, 24, 20, 33, 30, 23, 39, 33NJN vs IND · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 23, 23, 35, 36, 34, 16, 56, 29CLE vs DET · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 26, 27, 23, 30, 26, 13, 27, 29SEA vs MIL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 18, 14, 7, 7, 16, 12, 5, 27UTA vs LAL · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 16 REB · 5 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+6.6 17.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+6.5 15.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Reggie MillerIND+6.3 20.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+6.3 15.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
JR SmithNOH+5.8 14.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Derek AndersonPOR−6.2 2.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Chris WebberPHI−6.0 13.9 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.9 11.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season