FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 29, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 16 at halftime and won 98–94.

Final
IND93
ATL94
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +1
Final
DAL94
CLE107
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +13
Final
MIA98
TOR94
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA -16; Q3 MIA -9; Q4 MIA +4
Final
MEM74
NJN86
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +19; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +12
Final
BOS123
NYK98
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +30; Q4 BOS +25
Final
DET101
PHI91
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +10
Final
ORL91
MIN103
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +12
Final
SEA87
HOU115
Q1 HOU +19; Q2 HOU +32; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +28
Final
UTA115
DEN104
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
Final
SAC106
POR90
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +16
Final
NOK86
GSW85
Q1 NOK -7; Q2 NOK -1; Q3 NOK -1; Q4 NOK +1
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 29, 2005: 4 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK @ LAL), 45 points.
The lead · MIA @ TOR

Dwyane Wade drops 37 in 16-point comeback win over Toronto

Toronto led by 16 at the half. Final: 98–94.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-16-9+4MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1922243398
TOR3126172094
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 30, 15, 30, 35, 13, 24, 22, 37MIA37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 3, 13, 8, 18, 15, 14, 11, 18MIA18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 14, 23, 12, 11, 10, 21, 17, 28TOR28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 14, 24, 14, 37, 31, 18, 11, 19TOR19 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 66 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Seattle by 28.

ATL over IND1NOK over GSW1MIA over TOR4DET over PHI10UTA over DEN11NJN over MEM12MIN over ORL12CLE over DAL13SAC over POR16BOS over NYK25HOU over SEA28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 46

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 47, 36, 27, 29, 37, 36, 36, 46CLE vs DAL · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 30, 15, 30, 35, 13, 24, 22, 37MIA @ TOR · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 36, 35, 31, 33, 28, 32, 31, 28, 31DEN vs UTA · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 20, 16, 13, 11, 12, 18, 19, 31IND @ ATL · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 38, 25, 36, 36, 20, 25, 13, 22, 27, 29HOU vs SEA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 30, 25, 37, 28, 51, 27, 25, 29DAL @ CLE · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+5.9 20.0 last 10 · 14.1 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+4.9 27.1 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 14.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−5.6 9.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Derek AndersonMIA−5.3 2.9 last 10 · 8.2 season