FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 1, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 7 at halftime and won 101–93.

Final
SAC100
SAS108
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +8
Final
CHI93
WAS101
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +8
Final
MEM87
DAL114
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +27
Final
NOH97
PHX92
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH -4; Q4 NOH +5
Final
DET90
GSW92
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
SEA109
LAC101
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +8
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 · 2001–02Mar 1, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs NJN), 43 points.
The lead · CHI @ WAS

Washington makes it three straight

Washington beat Chicago 101–93 and moved to 29–29. Juan Dixon led Washington with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-7+13+8WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1927182993
WAS24153824101
Who led
Juan DixonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 8, 5, 5, 7, 16, 0, 9, 27WAS27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 27, 5, 15, 11, 30, 12, 28, 27WAS27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 28, 20, 16, 31, 21, 26, 12, 21CHI21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 0, 2, 9, 9, 6, 7, 10, 21CHI21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NOH @ PHX

New Orleans extends win streak to 6

97–92 over Phoenix. Record: 34–27. Jamal Mashburn led New Orleans with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · NOH
Lvs IND72–83L@ MIN93–114Wvs DEN100–92L@ ORL94–99Wvs WAS87–75Wvs MEM125–123W@ DET93–91Wvs MIA91–82W@ DEN94–88W@ PHX97–92NOH: last 10 games through Mar 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg44.2Today

44 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 40

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 23, 17, 19, 26, 23, 21, 29, 40SEA @ LAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 26, 32, 24, 7, 20, 19, 16, 36SAC @ SAS · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 7, 18, 23, 22, 16, 12, 13, 33DET @ GSW · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 22, 24, 18, 8, 13, 18, 9, 32SAS vs SAC · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 34, 4, 23, 23, 22, 18, 18, 31DET @ GSW · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 25, 14, 22, 34, 29, 26, 36, 28DAL vs MEM · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Kobe BryantLAL+9.6 40.4 last 10 · 30.8 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.0 28.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Predrag DrobnjakSEA+4.9 14.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Malik RoseSAS+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Michael JordanWAS+4.7 24.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallCHI−6.1 7.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.6 12.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Ron MercerIND−4.0 4.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−3.1 8.5 last 10 · 11.6 season