FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 27, 2005Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 2 points, by MIN (vs LAC) and WAS (vs SEA) and PHI (vs LAL).

Final
HOU70
SAS83
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +13
Final
LAC85
MIN89
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +4
Final
PHI96
LAL89
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +7
Final
WAS95
SEA94
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +1
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 27, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs NJN), 41 points.
The lead · WAS @ SEA

Larry Hughes scores 31 as Washington wins in Seattle

Final: 95–94. Larry Hughes made 12 of 28 shots from the field.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+6+8+1WAS AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2927192095
SEA3119172794
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 21, 23, 24, 21, 12, 25, 21, 31WAS31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 21, 29, 27, 22, 25, 29, 33, 18WAS18 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 19, 17, 20, 38, 6, 19, 40, 27SEA27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 30, 26, 13, 27, 29, 2, 30, 16SEA16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAC @ MIN

Minnesota beats Clippers, 89–85

Minnesota led 65–64 after three and won by 4. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over SEA1MIN over LAC4PHI over LAL7SAS over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 65 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
23.92003–04 avg9.5Last 2

9.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.9 in 2003–04 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 18, 20, 26, 12, 30, 43, 18, 34LAL vs PHI · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 21, 23, 24, 21, 12, 25, 21, 31WAS @ SEA · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 19, 17, 20, 38, 6, 19, 40, 27SEA vs WAS · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 22, 20, 19, 22, 15, 26, 31, 0, 26HOU @ SAS · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 20, 13, 6, 22, 22, 24, 25, 25LAC @ MIN · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 25, 32, 36, 31, 31, 39, 36, 20PHI @ LAL · W
30.4 PPG season to date · −10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 15 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