FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 4, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ATL by 15 at halftime and won 95–93.

Final · OT
TOR100
NJN105
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +5
Final
ATL93
MIA95
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA -15; Q3 MIA -11; Q4 MIA +2
Final
NYK103
MIL98
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +5
Final
POR81
SAS101
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +20
Final
ORL94
DEN110
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +16
Final
DET94
LAL105
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +11
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 · 2004–05Mar 4, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DAL), 40 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIA

Miami erases 15-point lead, steals one from Atlanta

Atlanta led 48–33 at halftime. Miami won the second half 62–45 to take it 95–93. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-15-11+2MIA AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2721252093
MIA1518293395
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 31, 25, 7, 15, 31, 27, 16, 21MIA21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 6, 10, 12, 9, 16, 4, 10, 15MIA15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 3, 18, 40, 12, 19, 26, 19, 28ATL28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 10, 14, 9, 13, 19, 9, 8, 21ATL21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.3Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 4.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.02004–05 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 2004–05 (56 games). Today: 5 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg48.5Today

48 minutes today, against 26.7 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: San Antonio by 20.

MIA over ATL2NJN over TOR5NYK over MIL5LAL over DET11DEN over ORL16SAS over POR20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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: 23, 39, 27, 36, 39, 40, 28, 35, 42, 40LAL vs DET · W
35.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 19, 45, 22, 26, 4, 22, 29, 31NJN vs TOR · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 25, 14, 23, 27, 23, 22, 25, 30NJN vs TOR · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 3, 18, 40, 12, 19, 26, 19, 28ATL @ MIA · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 22, 20, 19, 9, 20, 19, 21, 25TOR @ NJN · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 20, 19, 8, 14, 8, 16, 7, 24LAL vs DET · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 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
Paul PierceBOS+7.1 34.2 last 10 · 27.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.9 19.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.2 16.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.1 18.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.9 11.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.1 3.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 8.3 last 10 · 13.0 season