FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 17, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed SAC by 16 after the first quarter and won 98–93.

Final
UTA111
ATL101
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +10
Final
SAC93
IND98
Q1 IND -16; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +5
Final
BOS77
ORL84
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +7
Final
MIL96
TOR97
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -11; Q4 TOR +1
Final
DAL104
WAS94
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +10
Final
POR84
CLE99
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +15
Final
LAL89
NJN92
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +3
Final
DET103
NYK105
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +2
Final
DEN102
MEM116
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +14
Final
PHX102
SAS108
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +6
Final
PHI89
LAC99
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +10
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 17, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW vs SAC), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ IND

Indiana storms back from 16 down to beat Sacramento

The Pacers trailed by 16 after one and won 98–93. Danny Granger led Indiana with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-16-11-1+5IND AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3616241793
IND2021342398
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 4, 4, 6, 9, 2, 21, 13, 23IND23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 13, 20, 29, 26, 18, 14, 22, 20IND20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 17, 16, 29, 36, 19, 12, 29, 22SAC22 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 18, 30, 11, 9, 30, 15, 28, 18SAC18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 15.

TOR over MIL1NYK over DET2NJN over LAL3IND over SAC5SAS over PHX6ORL over BOS7UTA over ATL10DAL over WAS10LAC over PHI10MEM over DEN14CLE over POR15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.3Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Mike Miller leads the day with 41

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.
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 5, 20, 15, 7, 8, 16, 14, 41MEM vs DEN · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 24, 35, 29, 14, 36, 35, 31, 33DEN @ MEM · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 10, 8, 2, 9, 2, 11, 12, 30SAS vs PHX · W
6.2 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 18, 25, 12, 31, 13, 23, 25, 30PHX @ SAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 10, 12, 15, 24, 5, 8, 4, 28UTA @ ATL · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 33, 37, 17, 35, 25, 47, 36, 27CLE vs POR · W
30.8 PPG season to date · −3.8 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
Yao MingHOU+7.4 29.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+7.4 18.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.4 21.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM+5.4 14.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.1 20.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Donyell MarshallCLE−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 8.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Corey MaggetteLAC−4.8 13.1 last 10 · 17.9 season