FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 30, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX114
IND104
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +10
Final
SAS96
LAL85
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +18; 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 30, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ BOS), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ IND

Indiana's skid reaches three

Phoenix won 114–104; the Pacers fall to 35–36. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+14+14+10PHX AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX30283422114
IND20243426104
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 14, 22, 15, 20, 21, 17, 14, 29PHX29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
James JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 17, 3, 5, 2, 2, 4, 12, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 16, 13, 11, 12, 18, 19, 31, 25IND25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 0, 12, 7, 17, 6, 4, 16IND16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ LAL

San Antonio never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 96–85. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs LAL
Tim Duncan · SASKobe Bryant · LALPTS2023REB137AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 62 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shawn Marion leads the day with 29

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.
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 14, 22, 15, 20, 21, 17, 14, 29PHX @ IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 16, 13, 11, 12, 18, 19, 31, 25IND vs PHX · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 25, 24, 38, 43, 28, 43, 30, 23LAL vs SAS · L
34.6 PPG season to date · −11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 20, 14, 21, 22, 6, 28, 20, 20SAS @ LAL · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 20, 13, 23, 29, 14, 14, 17, 19SAS @ LAL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
James JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 17, 3, 5, 2, 2, 4, 12, 18PHX @ IND · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 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+5.9 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