FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 16, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BOS by 18 at halftime and won 107–104.

Final
BOS104
MIA107
Q1 MIA -14; Q2 MIA -18; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
PHI98
SEA102
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA +4
Final
MIN97
GSW105
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +8
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 16, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Jalen Rose (TOR @ BOS), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIA

Dwyane Wade scores 30, Miami holds off Boston

Final: 107–104. Dwyane Wade added 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

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 Q3Final0-14-18-4+3MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS38251625104
MIA24213032107
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 26, 32, 24, 40, 42, 35, 25, 30MIA30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 16, 21, 35, 19, 21, 18, 13, 26MIA26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 31, 33, 31, 31, 24, 36, 15, 34BOS34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 13, 23, 23, 12, 18, 18, 18, 30BOS30 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ GSW

Golden State beats Minnesota by 8

The Warriors won 105–97 in Golden State. Mike Dunleavy led Golden State with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over BOS3SEA over PHI4GSW over MIN8Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 34

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 39, 38, 31, 33, 31, 31, 24, 36, 15, 34BOS @ MIA · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 26, 32, 24, 40, 42, 35, 25, 30MIA vs BOS · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 13, 23, 23, 12, 18, 18, 18, 30BOS @ MIA · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 19, 14, 14, 16, 14, 20, 14, 29MIN @ GSW · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 16, 21, 35, 19, 21, 18, 13, 26MIA vs BOS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 33, 31, 20, 18, 38, 19, 33, 26SEA vs PHI · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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
Yao MingHOU+7.4 29.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+7.4 18.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+6.1 21.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM+5.1 13.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.1 20.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Bonzi WellsSAC−5.1 8.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.1 7.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Donyell MarshallCLE−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Channing FryeNYK−4.5 8.0 last 10 · 12.5 season