FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 28, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CHI by 9 after three quarters and won 97–93.

Final
ATL117
CHA125
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +8
Final
DAL90
DET97
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +7
Final
SEA98
MEM97
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +1
Final
PHX110
MIL132
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +22
Final
ORL97
CHI93
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +4
Final
WAS97
SAC84
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +13
Final
SAS98
LAC87
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +11
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 28, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ UTA), 44 points.
The lead · ORL @ CHI

Orlando fights back late to top Chicago

Chicago led 82–73 after three. Orlando won the fourth 24–11 and the game 97–93. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-8-9+4ORL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2722242497
CHI3324251193
Who led
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 25, 19, 18, 19, 13, 19, 15, 24ORL24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 20, 18, 16, 24, 16, 4, 23, 15ORL15 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 13, 25, 14, 18, 17, 2, 12, 26CHI26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 14, 19, 15, 17, 14, 14, 16, 14CHI14 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Milwaukee by 22.

SEA over MEM1ORL over CHI4DET over DAL7CHA over ATL8SAS over LAC11WAS over SAC13MIL over PHX22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 69 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.4Season avg24.8Last 3

24.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Pau Gasol leads the day with 44

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.
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 13, 18, 15, 23, 15, 36, 33, 44MEM vs SEA · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 16, 0, 15, 12, 27, 11, 25, 41CHA vs ATL · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 36, 25, 40, 17, 12, 17, 19, 35ATL @ CHA · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 26, 24, 20, 14, 24, 8, 9, 31DET vs DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 18, 17, 10, 12, 16, 30, 23, 28CHA vs ATL · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 23, 17, 33, 23, 26, 20, 35, 28MIL vs PHX · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 0 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+7.1 18.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+5.7 19.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Antonio DanielsWAS+5.5 14.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.2 12.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Yao MingHOU+5.1 27.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.7 14.4 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Derek AndersonMIA−5.3 3.1 last 10 · 8.4 season