FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 26, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 7 at halftime and won 113–99.

Final
MIN96
NJN75
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +21
Final
TOR109
ATL104
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +5
Final
MIA92
CHA94
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +2
Final
PHX118
ORL116
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -4; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +2
Final · OT
BOS99
DET105
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +6
Final
NOH96
MEM85
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +11
Final
IND96
CHI100
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +4
Final
CLE86
DAL117
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +31
Final
SAC99
DEN113
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +14
Final
MIL89
UTA94
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +5
Final
NYK96
POR103
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +7
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 26, 2004: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ NYK), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Denver makes it six straight

Denver beat Sacramento 113–99 and moved to 38–30. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-7+4+14DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2828222199
DEN29203331113
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 21, 9, 25, 21, 15, 14, 16, 28DEN28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 14, 8, 3, 8, 22, 10, 18, 18DEN18 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 21, 27, 18, 24, 14, 23, 38, 24SAC24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 21, 20, 10, 28, 24, 19, 16, 18SAC18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg21.2Last 3

21.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Cleveland by 31.

CHA over MIA2PHX over ORL2CHI over IND4TOR over ATL5UTA over MIL5DET over BOS6POR over NYK7NOH over MEM11DEN over SAC14MIN over NJN21DAL over CLE31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Stephen Jackson leads the day with 34

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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 13, 28, 19, 21, 23, 18, 12, 34IND @ CHI · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 4, 11, 6, 21, 27, 20, 11, 33NOH @ MEM · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 15, 14, 25, 20, 11, 9, 24, 32TOR @ ATL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 38, 20, 15, 24, 12, 23, 5, 18, 32BOS @ DET · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 28, 24, 18, 15, 25, 17, 15, 31DET vs BOS · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 20, 20, 23, 8, 14, 13, 19, 30NYK @ POR · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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
JR SmithNOH+7.7 17.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Lorenzen WrightMEM+6.6 16.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.3 13.6 last 10 · 7.3 season
Reggie MillerIND+6.2 20.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tim ThomasNYK+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.0 7.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX−5.8 9.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−5.4 2.7 last 10 · 8.1 season