FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 30, 2005Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIL by 8 after the first quarter and won 113–109.

Final
DAL112
BOS100
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +12
Final
CHI102
CHA99
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +3
Final
TOR96
ORL108
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +12
Final
ATL99
WAS102
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +3
Final
SAC82
DET99
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +17
Final
LAC78
NJN95
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +17
Final
GSW113
MIL109
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +4
Final
SEA76
SAS89
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +13
Final
DEN109
UTA98
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHI87
PHX116
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +24; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +29
Final
HOU100
POR84
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +16
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 30, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs SEA), 41 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIL

Golden State rallies from 8 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 8 after one, Golden State outscored the Bucks 89–77 the rest of the way. Final: 113–109. Baron Davis led Golden State with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 15 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+8+3+4GSW AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW24362429113
MIL32202928109
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 8, 15, 33, 13, 22, 29, 33, 25GSW25 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 21, 3, 6, 5, 22, 18, 17, 21GSW21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 26, 23, 22, 31, 33, 14, 14, 24MIL24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 10, 12, 2, 5, 17, 19, 3, 21MIL21 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Philadelphia by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

CHI over CHA3WAS over ATL3GSW over MIL4DEN over UTA11DAL over BOS12ORL over TOR12SAS over SEA13HOU over POR16DET over SAC17NJN over LAC17PHX over PHI29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 69 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 36

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 15, 33, 25, 29, 35, 11, 22, 36DAL @ BOS · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 27, 22, 25, 29, 33, 18, 28, 36WAS vs ATL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 14, 22, 17, 13, 12, 20, 17, 35CHI @ CHA · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 30, 23, 39, 33, 22, 16, 39, 31NJN vs LAC · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 18, 21, 12, 13, 12, 18, 15, 29HOU @ POR · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 11, 24, 12, 14, 12, 22, 11, 28SAS vs SEA · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.3 17.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.3 28.6 last 10 · 23.3 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−5.6 3.7 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