FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 20, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed HOU by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final
LAL105
BOS97
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +8
Final
ATL84
DET91
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +7
Final
LAC99
HOU91
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +8
Final
MIL100
POR93
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +7
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 20, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ TOR), 56 points.
The lead · LAC @ HOU

Clippers beat Houston, 99–91

Clippers led 73–70 after three and won by 8. Sam Cassell led Clippers with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+1+3+8LAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2422272699
HOU2817252191
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 6, 15, 32, 20, 17, 14, 9, 24LAC24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 6, 7, 14, 11, 15, 18, 11, 20LAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 32, 30, 38, 25, 36, 36, 20, 25HOU25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 5, 9, 5, 13, 9, 8, 12, 20HOU20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · MIL @ POR

Milwaukee handles Portland by 7

The Bucks won the third quarter 31–16. Final: 100–93. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over ATL7MIL over POR7LAL over BOS8LAC over HOU8Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg45.8Today

46 minutes today, against 23.7 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

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: 40, 43, 40, 29, 22, 30, 25, 24, 38, 43LAL @ BOS · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 17, 25, 18, 10, 10, 12, 16, 26DET vs ATL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 31, 24, 36, 15, 34, 19, 22, 26BOS vs LAL · L
27.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 32, 30, 38, 25, 36, 36, 20, 25HOU vs LAC · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 6, 15, 32, 20, 17, 14, 9, 24LAC @ HOU · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 15, 33, 29, 32, 25, 24, 17, 23POR vs MIL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 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+6.3 28.5 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.1 16.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.8 26.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Antonio DanielsWAS+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.4 21.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Channing FryeNYK−6.4 5.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Corey MaggetteLAC−5.3 12.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Samuel DalembertPHI−5.0 2.8 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 8.6 last 10 · 13.4 season