FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 21, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 12 at halftime and won 107–99.

Final
NJN112
WAS100
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +12
Final
ORL102
CHA108
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +6
Final
TOR114
NYK109
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +5
Final
HOU72
DAL88
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +16
Final
IND75
MEM105
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +30
Final
MIA96
MIN100
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +4
Final
LAC108
NOK120
Q1 NOK +10; Q2 NOK +14; Q3 NOK +8; Q4 NOK +12
Final
GSW96
SAS107
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +11
Final
SEA96
SAC105
Q1 SAC -6; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +9
Final
PHX99
UTA107
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -12; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +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 21, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK vs SAS), 31 points.
The lead · PHX @ UTA

Utah climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 12 at the half. Utah won it 107–99. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-2-12+3+8UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2831211999
UTA26213624107
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 29, 7, 22, 6, 32, 7, 30, 24, 17, 24UTA24 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 6, 12, 10, 12, 30, 21, 19, 23UTA23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 25, 12, 31, 13, 23, 25, 30, 20PHX20 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 17, 15, 13, 19, 25, 16, 10, 18PHX18 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Indiana by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

MIN over MIA4TOR over NYK5CHA over ORL6UTA over PHX8SAC over SEA9SAS over GSW11NJN over WAS12NOK over LAC12DAL over HOU16MEM over IND30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg12.5Last 3

12.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Mike 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.
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 31, 30, 26, 21, 14, 24, 14, 37TOR @ NYK · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 40, 42, 35, 25, 30, 15, 30, 35MIA @ MIN · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 11, 9, 30, 15, 28, 18, 13, 34SAC vs SEA · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 2, 8, 6, 9, 7, 9, 4, 32NOK vs LAC · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 28, 15, 18, 24, 31, 15, 27, 31TOR @ NYK · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 29, 36, 19, 12, 29, 22, 35, 30SAC vs SEA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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
Antonio DanielsWAS+6.2 15.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.8 26.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.7 16.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Yao MingHOU+5.6 27.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM+5.4 14.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Samuel DalembertPHI−5.0 2.8 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 8.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Mickael PietrusGSW−4.6 5.5 last 10 · 10.1 season