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Thursday, March 4, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Bucks98
Heat104
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +6
Final · Box score
Kings114
Sixers105
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +9
Final · Box score
Pistons83
Blazers68
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
On this day · 2002–03Mar 4, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (Spurs-Suns), 35 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Heat

Miami beats Milwaukee, 104–98

Ben Wallace goes for 19 rebounds

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+16+11+4+6MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2326292098
Heat39212222104
Who led
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 13, 11, 10, 6, 9, 6, 15, 23MIA23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 1, 8, 6, 8, 18, 13, 10, 21MIA21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 23, 13, 25, 4, 30, 11, 25, 22MIL22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 14, 25, 25, 26, 19, 27, 24, 21MIL21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Kings-Sixers

Sacramento leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 114–105. Best quarter: the first, 31–28. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over MIL6SAC over PHI9DET over POR15Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over PHI.
Lead changes
Kings-Sixers8
Pistons-Blazers1
Bucks-Heat0
The night in charts
Kings-Sixers combined for 219, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-SixersKings 114, Sixers 105
219
Bucks-HeatBucks 98, Heat 104
202
Pistons-BlazersPistons 83, Blazers 68
151
MIA won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Bucks-HeatBucks 98, Heat 104
+6 MIA
Kings-SixersKings 114, Sixers 105
+9 SAC
Pistons-BlazersPistons 83, Blazers 68
+15 DET
Williamson shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WilliamsonDET · 14 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
DalembertPHI · 20 PTS, 15 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Brad MillerSAC · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
SalmonsPHI · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
60% (6-10)
AIPHI · 32 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
59% (13-22)
Final · Bucks-Heat
Bucks 98Heat 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2326292098
Heat39212222104
The story
Rafer Alston had 23 points and 8 assists as Miami beat Milwaukee 104-98

Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 21 PTS, 6 REB 23 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 4 STL · 8-9 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the first 39-23, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +16+11+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Sixers
Kings 114Sixers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings31302330114
Sixers28193325105
The story
Sacramento beat Philadelphia 114-105 behind 24 points and 10 assists from Chris Webber

Samuel Dalembert paced Philadelphia: 20 PTS, 15 REB 24 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB · 8-16 FG

The swing

A 30-19 second quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +3+14+4+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Blazers
Pistons 83Blazers 68
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2719181983
Blazers1613142568
The story
Chauncey Billups' 16 points carried Detroit past Portland, 83-68

Tayshaun Prince chipped in 12 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 16 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB · 4-9 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 27-16, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
300 +11+17+21+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 32

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 15, 27, 25, 27, 40, 13, 11, 32Sixers-Kings · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 24, 27, 27, 37, 21, 32, 23, 27Kings-Sixers · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 2 games: 26, 24Kings-Sixers · W
25.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 13, 11, 10, 6, 9, 6, 15, 23Heat-Bucks · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 23, 13, 25, 4, 30, 11, 25, 22Bucks-Heat · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 17, 21, 28, 31, 26, 17, 13, 21Kings-Sixers · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.7 26.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.0 26.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Yao MingHOU+5.1 22.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.2 11.5 last 10 · 18.8 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.7 2.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.9 9.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−4.5 2.8 last 10 · 7.3 season