FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 18, 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
Pistons89
Nets71
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +18
Final · Box score
Sonics97
Grizzlies94
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +3
Final · Box score
Wolves86
Spurs106
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +20
On this day · 2002–03Mar 18, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (Knicks-Spurs), 36 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Grizzlies

Seattle holds off Memphis, 97–94

Pau Gasol goes for 21 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+12+5+3SEA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics3026132897
Grizzlies2321203094
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37, 16, 26, 27, 19SEA19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 14, 2, 15, 5, 0, 21, 16, 19SEA19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 25, 13, 14, 27, 24, 12, 22, 21MEM21 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 8, 15, 7, 8, 19, 10, 9, 13MEM13 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Pistons-Nets

Detroit leads New Jersey wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 89–71. Best quarter: the second, 34–16. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over MEM3DET over NJN18SAS over MIN20Final margin, points. Pink = DET over NJN.
Lead changes
Pistons-Nets6
Wolves-Spurs2
The night in charts
Wolves-Spurs combined for 192, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-SpursWolves 86, Spurs 106
192
Sonics-GrizzliesSonics 97, Grizzlies 94
191
Pistons-NetsPistons 89, Nets 71
160
SEA won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Sonics-GrizzliesSonics 97, Grizzlies 94
+3 SEA
Pistons-NetsPistons 89, Nets 71
+18 DET
Wolves-SpursWolves 86, Spurs 106
+20 SAS
Radmanovic shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RadmanovicSEA · 19 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
64% (9-14)
KGMIN · 28 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST
60% (9-15)
CassellMIN · 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
60% (9-15)
NesterovicSAS · 12 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
BillupsDET · 20 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Sonics-Grizzlies
Sonics 97Grizzlies 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics3026132897
Grizzlies2321203094
The story
Ray Allen had 19 points as Seattle beat Memphis 97-94

James Posey led Memphis with 13 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 8-19 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The SuperSonics won the first 30-23, their biggest quarter edge.

SEA lead by quarter
200 +7+12+5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Nets
Pistons 89Nets 71
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2034142189
Nets1916211571
The story
Detroit beat New Jersey 89-71 behind 20 points and 8 assists from Chauncey Billups

Kenyon Martin paced New Jersey: 13 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 7-12 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 34-16 second quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +1+19+12+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Ben Wallace topped the game at 41.6 FPTS: 13 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST

Final · Wolves-Spurs
Wolves 86Spurs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves1622202886
Spurs21222934106
The story
Tim Duncan's 22 points and 10 rebounds carried San Antonio past Minnesota, 106-86

For Minnesota, Sam Cassell had 21 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 6-15 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 29-20, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +5+5+14+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.8Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 28

Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 28, 32, 20, 29, 20, 20, 20, 28Wolves-Spurs · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 28, 26, 21, 25, 27, 22, 9, 22Spurs-Wolves · W
22.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 25, 13, 14, 27, 24, 12, 22, 21Grizzlies-Sonics · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 8, 25, 13, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21Wolves-Spurs · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 28, 17, 16, 2, 9, 19, 13, 20Pistons-Nets · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 25, 21, 19, 37, 16, 26, 27, 19Sonics-Grizzlies · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephen JacksonATL+8.7 25.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+8.3 29.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+5.4 14.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.4 9.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.0 5.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Brian CardinalGSW−4.8 4.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season