FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 2, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NJN by 9 at halftime and won 91–90.

Final
ORL102
CLE76
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +26
Final
UTA91
NJN90
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +1
Final
BOS92
TOR104
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +12
Final
ATL93
MIL120
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +27
Final
NYK90
MIN99
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +24; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +9
Final
SAS97
HOU88
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +9
Final
WAS83
MIA93
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +10
Final
PHI100
DEN94
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +6
Final
DET86
POR103
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +17
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 2, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Lamond Murray (CLE @ ATL), 29 points.
The lead · UTA @ NJN

Utah fights back from 9 down against New Jersey

Final: 91–90, after trailing by 9 at the half. Karl Malone led Utah with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-9-3+1UTA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1524282491
NJN2226222090
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 23, 28, 25, 20, 22, 19, 19, 20UTA20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 3, 9, 4, 6, 2, 7, 9, 18UTA18 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 15, 17, 28, 19, 14, 27, 12, 24NJN24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 8, 9, 11, 7, 13, 6, 13, 21NJN21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Milwaukee by 27.

UTA over NJN1PHI over DEN6MIN over NYK9SAS over HOU9MIA over WAS10TOR over BOS12POR over DET17ORL over CLE26MIL over ATL27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 38

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 26, 16, 17, 15, 22, 18, 22, 38BOS @ TOR · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 13, 29, 25, 26, 11, 14, 10, 37POR vs DET · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 53, 27, 22, 17, 13, 28, 6, 19, 34NYK @ MIN · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 13, 21, 8, 16, 18, 24, 23, 28MIL vs ATL · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 37, 36, 24, 52, 46, 26, 34, 28ORL @ CLE · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 14, 24, 20, 30, 26, 12, 25, 26MIN vs NYK · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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
Malik RoseSAS+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Predrag DrobnjakSEA+4.9 14.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+4.6 27.7 last 10 · 23.1 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+4.6 13.6 last 10 · 9.0 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−3.4 8.1 last 10 · 11.5 season