FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 31, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIA by 6 after the first quarter and won 114–108.

Final · OT
CLE90
CHI102
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +12
Final · OT
MIA108
IND114
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +6
Final
MIN105
LAL96
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +9
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 31, 2004: 10 games. Top scorer: Darius Miles (POR @ BOS), 31 points.
The lead · MIA @ IND

Reggie Miller scores 31, Indiana wins in overtime

Tied 94–94 after regulation. Final: 114–108. Dwyane Wade scored 37 for Miami in the loss.

Game flow · IND 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.Final0-6-1+10+6IND AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA2918281914108
IND2323301820114
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 39, 13, 18, 21, 14, 8, 22, 31IND31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 19, 21, 23, 18, 12, 34, 13, 29IND29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 24, 27, 30, 20, 35, 19, 27, 37MIA37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Damon JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 11, 3, 16, 0, 13, 14, 27MIA27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHI

Chicago flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Cleveland led 48–46 at the break. Tied 88–88 after regulation, Chicago won the extra time 14–2. Final: 102–90. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs CLE
Ben Gordon · CHIDrew Gooden · CLEPTS2127REB312AST81Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 37

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 24, 27, 30, 20, 35, 19, 27, 37MIA @ IND · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 39, 13, 18, 21, 14, 8, 22, 31IND vs MIA · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 19, 21, 23, 18, 12, 34, 13, 29IND vs MIA · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 13, 24, 10, 20, 16, 11, 16, 27CLE @ CHI · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Damon JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 11, 3, 16, 0, 13, 14, 27MIA @ IND · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 26, 12, 30, 43, 18, 34, 32, 26LAL vs MIN · L
28.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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
Reggie MillerIND+6.8 21.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.6 14.1 last 10 · 7.5 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−6.3 7.1 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