FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 23, 2005Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed GSW by 3 after the first quarter and won 109–97.

Final
PHX120
CHA105
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +15
Final
SAS93
IND100
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +7
Final
CHI94
TOR85
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +9
Final
BOS82
NYK107
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +25
Final
NOH102
MIN107
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +5
Final
DET84
PHI107
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +24; Q4 PHI +23
Final
DAL109
GSW97
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +12
Final
MIL108
LAC116
Q1 LAC +17; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +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 23, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (CHI vs NJN), 34 points.
The lead · DAL @ GSW

Dallas keeps rolling, beats Golden State

That is four in a row. Final: 109–97. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 29 points, 10 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+3+13+12DAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL28292626109
GSW3123162797
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 25, 29, 21, 21, 15, 33, 25, 29DAL29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 7, 4, 8, 14, 14, 10, 13, 24DAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 21, 14, 20, 8, 15, 33, 13, 22GSW22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 5, 3, 8, 21, 3, 6, 5, 22GSW22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 57 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg16.2Last 3

16.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: New York by 25.

MIN over NOH5IND over SAS7LAC over MIL8CHI over TOR9DAL over GSW12PHX over CHA15PHI over DET23NYK over BOS25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 39

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 27, 33, 25, 32, 36, 31, 31, 39PHI vs DET · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 10, 37, 30, 26, 19, 31, 26, 28, 22, 34LAC vs MIL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 33, 29, 14, 32, 26, 23, 22, 31MIL @ LAC · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 13, 22, 14, 35, 24, 30, 30TOR vs CHI · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 25, 29, 21, 21, 15, 33, 25, 29DAL @ GSW · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 26, 18, 18, 19, 28, 14, 21, 26PHX @ CHA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 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
Reggie MillerIND+7.4 21.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Tyronn LueATL+6.6 17.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+6.5 15.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Josh ChildressATL+6.3 15.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
JR SmithNOH+6.0 15.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Derek AndersonPOR−6.2 2.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Michael FinleyDAL−5.9 10.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.6 11.6 last 10 · 17.2 season