FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 10, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by SEA (vs MIN) and ORL (vs CLE) and MIL (vs BOS).

Final
CLE73
ORL102
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +29
Final
DEN108
TOR97
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +11
Final
MIL92
BOS86
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +6
Final
GSW111
MIA106
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +5
Final
IND92
NOK90
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +2
Final
LAC107
CHI96
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +11
Final
LAL100
SAS92
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +8
Final
MEM93
SAC105
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +12
Final
MIN96
SEA107
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -7; Q3 SEA -2; Q4 SEA +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 10, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DAL), 36 points.
The lead · MIL @ BOS

Milwaukee handles Boston by 6

The Bucks won the third quarter 29–24. Final: 92–86. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-4-7-2+6MIL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2019292492
BOS2422241686
Who led
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 30, 18, 21, 24, 37, 23, 32, 26MIL26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 14, 19, 13, 6, 11, 14, 21, 18MIL18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 37, 39, 38, 31, 33, 31, 31, 24BOS24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 17, 3, 25, 16, 12, 13, 23, 23, 12, 18BOS18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIN @ SEA

Minnesota's skid reaches three

Seattle won 107–96; the Timberwolves fall to 26–35. Ray Allen led Seattle with 38 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
Wvs SEA102–92L@ WAS78–90Lvs DEN101–102Wvs MEM105–99L@ CHI100–111Wvs NJN100–90Wvs GSW103–90Lvs HOU87–93L@ UTA93–96L@ SEA96–107MIN: last 10 games through Mar 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 44

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 39, 10, 35, 25, 27, 36, 42, 27, 44GSW @ MIA · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 16, 37, 38, 36, 24, 26, 32, 24, 40, 42MIA vs GSW · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 20, 33, 21, 33, 31, 20, 18, 38SEA vs MIN · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 13, 8, 18, 15, 16, 6, 15, 32LAC @ CHI · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 15, 12, 11, 18, 30, 11, 9, 30SAC vs MEM · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 40, 28, 35, 42, 40, 43, 40, 29LAL @ SAS · W
35.2 PPG season to date · −6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.2 14.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+6.0 30.0 last 10 · 24.0 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.2 20.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Boris DiawPHX+5.2 18.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNYK−6.2 10.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Baron DavisGSW−5.3 12.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Bonzi WellsSAC−5.2 8.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Marko JaricMIN−4.8 3.8 last 10 · 8.6 season