FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 3, 2005Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed WAS by 6 after three quarters and won 79–76.

Final
PHI97
BOS93
Q1 PHI +25; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +4
Final
IND79
WAS76
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +3
Final
NYK102
MIL106
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +4
Final
DAL80
CLE100
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +20
Final
MIN112
SAC100
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +12
Final
LAC111
ATL91
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +20
Final
SEA92
GSW101
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +9
Final
DET113
TOR103
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +10
Final
LAL82
MEM102
Q1 MEM +18; Q2 MEM +23; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +20
Final
PHX91
HOU78
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +13
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 · 2003–04Apr 3, 2004: 5 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW @ CLE), 35 points.
The lead · IND @ WAS

Indiana wins a tight one over Washington

79–76. Neither team led by more than 6 at any break. Stephen Jackson led Indiana with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · IND 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+50-6+3IND AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1613242679
WAS1118301776
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 21, 23, 18, 12, 34, 13, 29, 15IND15 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 18, 14, 18, 12, 9, 12, 16, 15IND15 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 25, 29, 33, 18, 28, 36, 31, 22WAS22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kwame BrownPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 7, 11, 6, 8, 12, 7, 8, 12WAS12 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 70 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 50 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Dallas by 20.

IND over WAS3PHI over BOS4MIL over NYK4GSW over SEA9DET over TOR10MIN over SAC12PHX over HOU13CLE over DAL20LAC over ATL20MEM over LAL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 31, 39, 36, 20, 34, 26, 22, 38PHI @ BOS · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 56, 29, 19, 19, 44, 22, 26, 35, 37CLE vs DAL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 22, 24, 25, 25, 15, 7, 22, 33LAC @ ATL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 22, 31, 33, 14, 14, 24, 17, 32MIL vs NYK · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 30, 30, 24, 13, 20, 23, 15, 30MIN @ SAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 38, 6, 19, 40, 27, 22, 14, 19, 27SEA @ GSW · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 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+6.3 16.0 last 10 · 9.7 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.2 13.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.9 15.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Nenad KrsticNJN+5.4 15.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Reggie MillerIND+5.1 19.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.6 6.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Pau GasolMEM−5.5 12.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.0 14.6 last 10 · 19.6 season