FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 5, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DAL by 11 at halftime and won 115–107.

Final
IND94
PHI93
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +1
Final
SAC107
WAS117
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +10
Final
PHX115
DAL107
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -11; Q3 PHX -8; Q4 PHX +8
Final
GSW90
MIN103
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +13
Final
BOS105
TOR111
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +6
Final
CHI72
CLE91
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +19
Final
POR84
HOU102
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +18
Final
MEM102
LAC86
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +16
Final
UTA81
SEA113
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +32
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 5, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ ATL), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ DAL

Phoenix fights back from 11 down against Dallas

Final: 115–107, after trailing by 11 at the half. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-11-8+8PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX24273034115
DAL31312718107
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 19, 21, 9, 29, 23, 23, 18, 25PHX25 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 17, 14, 21, 20, 16, 16, 18, 24PHX24 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 25, 17, 31, 32, 32, 23, 26, 25DAL25 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 10, 3, 2, 10, 16, 2, 8, 22DAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.4Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat Utah by 32, the widest margin of 9 games.

IND over PHI1TOR over BOS6PHX over DAL8WAS over SAC10MIN over GSW13MEM over LAC16HOU over POR18CLE over CHI19SEA over UTA32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 44, 43, 26, 33, 25, 22, 26, 19, 33, 37CLE vs CHI · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 20, 15, 39, 10, 35, 25, 27, 36GSW @ MIN · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 50, 30, 20, 37, 39, 38, 31, 33BOS @ TOR · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 42, 18, 29, 30, 38, 29, 40, 47, 33PHI vs IND · L
33.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 6, 29, 22, 29, 27, 22, 21, 32HOU vs POR · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 24, 10, 25, 13, 35, 20, 24, 31WAS vs SAC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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+7.2 34.4 last 10 · 27.2 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.3 14.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.9 19.9 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.6 21.1 last 10 · 15.5 season
Boris DiawPHX+5.1 17.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.9 11.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.8 3.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.2 19.4 last 10 · 24.6 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 8.3 last 10 · 13.0 season