FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 20, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed HOU by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final · Box score
Lakers105
Celtics97
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +8
Final · Box score
Hawks84
Pistons91
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +7
Final · Box score
Clippers99
Rockets91
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +8
Final · Box score
Bucks100
Blazers93
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 Bucks 0; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +7
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The lead · Clippers-Rockets

Clippers beat Houston, 99–91

Kobe Bryant goes for 43 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1+3+8LAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2422272699
Rockets2817252191
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 6, 15, 32, 20, 17, 14, 9, 24LAC24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 6, 7, 14, 11, 15, 18, 11, 20LAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 32, 30, 38, 25, 36, 36, 20, 25HOU25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 5, 9, 5, 13, 9, 8, 12, 20HOU20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Bucks-Blazers

Milwaukee handles Portland by 7

The Bucks won the third quarter 31–16. Final: 100–93. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over ATL7MIL over POR7LAL over BOS8LAC over HOU8Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over POR.
Lead changes
Clippers-Rockets11
Bucks-Blazers8
Lakers-Celtics0
The night in charts
Lakers-Celtics combined for 202, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-CelticsLakers 105, Celtics 97
202
Bucks-BlazersBucks 100, Blazers 93
193
Clippers-RocketsClippers 99, Rockets 91
190
Hawks-PistonsHawks 84, Pistons 91
175
MIL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Bucks-BlazersBucks 100, Blazers 93
+7 MIL
Hawks-PistonsHawks 84, Pistons 91
+7 DET
Clippers-RocketsClippers 99, Rockets 91
+8 LAC
Lakers-CelticsLakers 105, Celtics 97
+8 LAL
LAC rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-RocketsLAC won · Clippers 99, Rockets 91
4 pts
Bucks-BlazersMIL won · Bucks 100, Blazers 93
1 pt
Howard shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HowardHOU · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
PrinceDET · 18 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
OdomLAL · 17 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST
60% (6-10)
MaggetteLAC · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
CassellLAC · 24 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB
56% (9-16)
Final · Hawks-Pistons
Hawks 84Pistons 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks2014262484
Pistons3023191991
The story
Rasheed Wallace's 26 points carried Detroit past Atlanta, 91-84

For Atlanta, Al Harrington had 23 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK · 9-18 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-20, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
200 +10+19+12+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Celtics
Lakers 105Celtics 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers32242623105
Celtics2614342397
The story
Lamar Odom had 17 points as Los Angeles beat Boston 105-97

Tony Allen led Boston with 18 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 17 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 6-10 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the second 24-14, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +6+16+8+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Rockets
Clippers 99Rockets 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2422272699
Rockets2817252191
The story
Los Angeles beat Houston 99-91 behind 24 points from Sam Cassell

Luther Head paced Houston: 20 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 24 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB · 9-16 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 22-17 second quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −4+1+3+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Yao Ming topped the game at 49.4 FPTS: 25 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg45.8Today

46 minutes today, against 23.7 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 43, 40, 29, 22, 30, 25, 24, 38, 43Lakers-Celtics · W
34.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 17, 25, 18, 10, 10, 12, 16, 26Pistons-Hawks · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 31, 24, 36, 15, 34, 19, 22, 26Celtics-Lakers · L
27.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 32, 30, 38, 25, 36, 36, 20, 25Rockets-Clippers · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 6, 15, 32, 20, 17, 14, 9, 24Clippers-Rockets · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 15, 33, 29, 32, 25, 24, 17, 23Blazers-Bucks · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Yao MingHOU+6.3 28.5 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.1 16.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.8 26.4 last 10 · 20.6 season
Antonio DanielsWAS+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.4 21.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Channing FryeNYK−6.4 5.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Corey MaggetteLAC−5.3 12.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Samuel DalembertPHI−5.0 2.8 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 8.6 last 10 · 13.4 season