FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 8, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIL by 14 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final · Box score
Bucks92
Sixers97
Q1 PHI -14; Q2 PHI -13; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +5
Final · Box score
Cavs108
Hawks102
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +6
Final · Box score
Suns90
Mavs103
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
Lakers83
Jazz88
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +5
On this day · 2002–03Mar 8, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Raptors-Hawks), 43 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Sixers

Philadelphia climbs back to beat Milwaukee

Shawn Marion goes for 29 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-13-5+5PHI AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2730171892
Sixers1331252897
Who led
Greg BucknerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 4, 0, 4, 0, 8, 0, 0, 20PHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Zendon HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 1, 0, 6, 0, 4, 0, 15, 19PHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 25, 26, 19, 27, 24, 21, 18, 20MIL20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 6, 21, 17, 21, 22, 16, 10, 18MIL18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Lakers-Jazz

Utah gets past Lakers

88–83, with Utah ahead 39–38 at halftime. Gordan Giricek led Utah with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MIL5UTA over LAL5CLE over ATL6DAL over PHX13Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over LAL.
Lead changes
Lakers-Jazz14
Cavs-Hawks12
Suns-Mavs2
Bucks-Sixers1
The night in charts
Cavs-Hawks combined for 210, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-HawksCavs 108, Hawks 102
210
Suns-MavsSuns 90, Mavs 103
193
Bucks-SixersBucks 92, Sixers 97
189
Lakers-JazzLakers 83, Jazz 88
171
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-JazzLakers 83, Jazz 88
+5 UTA
Bucks-SixersBucks 92, Sixers 97
+5 PHI
Cavs-HawksCavs 108, Hawks 102
+6 CLE
Suns-MavsSuns 90, Mavs 103
+13 DAL
PHI erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bucks-SixersPHI won · Bucks 92, Sixers 97
14 pts
Lakers-JazzUTA won · Lakers 83, Jazz 88
8 pts
Cavs-HawksCLE won · Cavs 108, Hawks 102
1 pt
Dirk shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DirkDAL · 26 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
85% (11-13)
IlgauskasCLE · 20 PTS, 8 REB, 4 BLK
75% (9-12)
JamisonDAL · 21 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
BucknerPHI · 20 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
BoozerCLE · 25 PTS, 11 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
Final · Bucks-Sixers
Bucks 92Sixers 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2730171892
Sixers1331252897
The story
Eric Snow's 17 points and 12 assists carried Philadelphia past Milwaukee, 97-92

For Milwaukee, Michael Redd had 20 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 12 AST, 4 REB · 6-14 FG

The swing

The 76ers trailed by 5 going into the fourth, then won it 28-18.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −14−13−5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kenny Thomas was the fantasy play: 41.0 FPTS on 15 REB, 14 PTS, 4 AST

Final · Lakers-Jazz
Lakers 83Jazz 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2216172883
Jazz1425183188
The story
Utah beat Los Angeles 88-83 behind 15 points and 14 rebounds from Andrei Kirilenko

Gary Payton paced Los Angeles: 21 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB 15 PTS, 14 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST · 4-13 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 25-16 second quarter erased a 8-point hole for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −8+1+2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Hawks
Cavs 108Hawks 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs34163028108
Hawks15362526102
The story
Carlos Boozer had 25 points and 11 rebounds as Cleveland beat Atlanta 108-102

Chris Crawford led Atlanta with 25 PTS, 4 REB 25 PTS, 11 REB · 9-14 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 34-15, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +19−1+4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg37.4Today

37 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 21, 11, 30, 18, 24, 19, 24, 34Cavs-Hawks · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 24, 24, 16, 24, 17, 20, 19, 30Hawks-Cavs · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 22, 18, 18, 14, 12, 17, 29Suns-Mavs · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 16, 23, 21, 19, 15, 21, 18, 26Mavs-Suns · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 24, 16, 17, 12, 12, 18, 22, 25Cavs-Hawks · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Chris CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 19, 19, 13, 27, 13, 11, 15, 25Hawks-Cavs · L
6.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.5 26.5 last 10 · 19.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.7 21.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.2 16.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.1 25.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.0 10.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.1 3.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
David WesleyNOH−4.9 10.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Latrell SprewellMIN−4.9 12.4 last 10 · 17.3 season