FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 25, 2005Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIL by 7 after the first quarter and won 118–117.

Final
TOR101
PHI103
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +2
Final
CHI94
BOS86
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
IND94
DET81
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +13
Final
PHX115
MIA125
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +10
Final
HOU81
NOH68
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +13
Final
ATL95
SAS111
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +16
Final · OT
MIL117
GSW118
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +1
Final
WAS94
LAC98
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +4
Final · OT
NYK101
SEA109
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA -3; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 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 25, 2004: 3 games. Top scorer: Larry Hughes (WAS @ LAC), 30 points.
The lead · MIL @ GSW

Golden State outlasts Milwaukee in overtime

105–105 at the end of regulation. Golden State took the last extra period 13–12. Final: 118–117. Baron Davis led Golden State with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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.Final0-7+1+30+1GSW AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIL2719322712117
GSW2027342413118
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 14, 20, 8, 15, 33, 13, 22, 29GSW29 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 10, 5, 22, 13, 40, 19, 11, 24GSW24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 29, 14, 32, 26, 23, 22, 31, 33MIL33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 11, 7, 13, 17, 24, 21, 14, 32MIL32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 49 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 16.

GSW over MIL1PHI over TOR2LAC over WAS4CHI over BOS8SEA over NYK8MIA over PHX10IND over DET13HOU over NOH13SAS over ATL16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Ray Allen 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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 17, 19, 17, 20, 38, 6, 19, 40SEA vs NYK · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 33, 25, 32, 36, 31, 31, 39, 36PHI vs TOR · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 20, 13, 29, 24, 27, 30, 20, 35MIA vs PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 25, 21, 29, 27, 22, 25, 29, 33WAS @ LAC · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 29, 14, 32, 26, 23, 22, 31, 33MIL @ GSW · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 10, 8, 16, 19, 5, 14, 19, 32PHI vs TOR · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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
Lorenzen WrightMEM+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Tyronn LueATL+6.4 16.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Reggie MillerIND+6.4 20.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.1 13.3 last 10 · 7.2 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.9 17.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−5.8 2.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Michael FinleyDAL−5.8 10.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Speedy ClaxtonNOH−5.2 6.6 last 10 · 11.8 season