FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 24, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NOK by 13 after the first quarter and won 96–82.

Final
DET75
IND72
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +3
Final
ORL102
PHI86
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +16
Final
MIN77
TOR97
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +20
Final
BOS82
CLE94
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +12
Final
CHA93
MIA114
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +21
Final
MEM91
NYK75
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +16
Final
NOK82
CHI96
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +14
Final
SEA104
DEN117
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +13
Final
SAS98
POR79
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +19
Final
MIL96
LAL101
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +5
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 24, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC vs DAL), 38 points.
The lead · NOK @ CHI

Chicago gets past New Orleans/Oklahoma City

96–82, with Chicago ahead 50–46 at halftime. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 25 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-13+4+4+14CHI AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK2818191782
CHI1535192796
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 28, 12, 7, 23, 9, 6, 20, 9, 25CHI25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 17, 21, 9, 15, 19, 18, 9, 17CHI17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 22, 7, 17, 16, 11, 21, 13, 13NOK13 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 4, 3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 12, 11NOK11 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ IND

Detroit edges Indiana by three

Indiana won the fourth 23–15, but Detroit held on, 75–72. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over IND3LAL over MIL5CLE over BOS12DEN over SEA13CHI over NOK14ORL over PHI16MEM over NYK16SAS over POR19TOR over MIN20MIA over CHA21Final margin, points. Pink = DET over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg44.7Today

45 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 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, 29, 22, 30, 25, 24, 38, 43, 28, 43LAL vs MIL · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 17, 35, 25, 47, 36, 27, 29, 37, 36CLE vs BOS · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 26, 16, 13, 18, 15, 23, 15, 36MEM @ NYK · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 14, 36, 35, 31, 33, 28, 32, 31DEN vs SEA · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 28, 12, 7, 23, 9, 6, 20, 9, 25CHI vs NOK · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 40, 42, 35, 25, 30, 15, 30, 35, 13, 24MIA vs CHA · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
Raymond FeltonCHA+6.4 17.3 last 10 · 10.9 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
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.6 16.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Derek AndersonMIA−5.3 3.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.2 15.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Steve FrancisNYK−5.1 10.0 last 10 · 15.1 season