FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 23, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIN by 10 at halftime and won 86–82.

Final
MIN82
NJN86
Q1 NJN -9; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN -2; Q4 NJN +4
Final
LAC85
MEM95
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +10
Final
HOU93
NOK92
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +1
Final
GSW122
DAL121
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +1
Final
POR108
PHX125
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +17
Final
WAS109
UTA97
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +12
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 23, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs DET), 39 points.
The lead · MIN @ NJN

New Jersey turns it around against Minnesota

From 10 down at the half to a 4-point win: 86–82. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-9-10-2+4NJN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2921161682
NJN2020242286
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 25, 27, 29, 26, 24, 23, 28, 21NJN21 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 16, 19, 12, 22, 16, 28, 27, 21NJN21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 21, 28, 13, 16, 20, 37, 23, 24MIN24 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Marcus BanksPoints, last 10 games: 26, 4, 15, 0, 2, 18, 11, 4, 12, 18MIN18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · HOU @ NOK

Houston holds off New Orleans/Oklahoma City, 93–92

Houston led 71–64 after three and held on to win by one. Yao Ming led Houston with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over NOK1GSW over DAL1NJN over MIN4MEM over LAC10WAS over UTA12PHX over POR17Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over NOK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg46.9Today

47 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 51

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 34, 24, 30, 30, 25, 37, 28, 51DAL vs GSW · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +25.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high51 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 36, 42, 27, 44, 11, 15, 23, 20, 40GSW @ DAL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 39, 28, 34, 34, 34, 26, 29, 25, 31WAS @ UTA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 12, 10, 12, 30, 21, 19, 23, 30UTA vs WAS · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 14, 14, 20, 19, 25, 8, 12, 29DAL vs GSW · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 19, 12, 35, 20, 21, 23, 16, 27WAS @ UTA · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 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
Ryan GomesBOS+6.4 12.9 last 10 · 6.5 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.2 17.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Antonio DanielsWAS+6.0 14.9 last 10 · 8.9 season
Caron ButlerWAS+5.9 23.2 last 10 · 17.3 season
Yao MingHOU+5.7 27.7 last 10 · 22.0 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−5.1 2.6 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−4.9 10.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 8.6 last 10 · 13.4 season