FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 29, 2005Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed MEM by 6 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final
LAC84
CLE94
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +10
Final
TOR91
MIA103
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +12
Final
SEA102
MEM99
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA -6; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA +3
Final
NYK107
LAL117
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +10
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 29, 2004: 7 games. Top scorer: James Posey (MEM @ ATL), 38 points.
The lead · SEA @ MEM

Seattle takes over late to edge Memphis

Down 6 after three, Seattle won the fourth 30–21. Final: 102–99. Ray Allen led Seattle with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-2-6-6+3SEA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA19252830102
MEM2129282199
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 17, 20, 38, 6, 19, 40, 27, 22SEA22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jerome JamesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 4, 7, 12, 4, 14, 2, 2, 22SEA22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 5, 8, 23, 4, 10, 9, 8, 24MEM24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 9, 0, 16, 6, 11, 4, 30, 17MEM17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.4Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.4 in 69 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · TOR @ MIA

Miami tops Toronto in Miami

Final: 103–91. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over MEM3CLE over LAC10LAL over NYK10MIA over TOR12Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over TOR.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 45

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 24, 23, 31, 12, 31, 21, 31, 45NYK @ LAL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 20, 26, 12, 30, 43, 18, 34, 32LAL vs NYK · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 15, 21, 23, 25, 33, 23, 25, 26, 28MIA vs TOR · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 29, 24, 27, 30, 20, 35, 19, 27MIA vs TOR · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 31, 26, 28, 22, 34, 26, 14, 26LAC @ CLE · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 6, 10, 19, 29, 12, 22, 13, 26LAL vs NYK · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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+7.4 17.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.1 13.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Reggie MillerIND+5.9 19.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.7 14.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.3 17.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.2 7.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Marko JaricLAC−5.5 3.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Pau GasolMEM−5.3 12.7 last 10 · 18.0 season