FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 3, 2003Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHI by 2 after the first quarter and won 107–99.

Final
BOS111
MEM110
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +1
Final
ORL104
CHI89
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +15
Final
PHI99
SAC107
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +8
Final
NOH111
LAC108
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +3
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 3, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ TOR), 42 points.
The lead · PHI @ SAC

Sacramento handles Philadelphia by 8

The Kings won the fourth quarter 31–22. Final: 107–99. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Allen Iverson scored 35 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-1-1+8SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2725252299
SAC25262531107
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 32, 24, 7, 20, 19, 16, 36, 29SAC29 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 7, 11, 6, 13, 14, 17, 19, 18SAC18 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 32, 28, 41, 23, 34, 24, 17, 35PHI35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 15, 9, 22, 22, 17, 21, 10, 17PHI17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · BOS @ MEM

Boston leads Memphis wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 111–110. Best quarter: the first, 36–29. Paul Pierce led Boston with 31 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MEM1NOH over LAC3SAC over PHI8ORL over CHI15Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MEM.
Top performances

Jamal Mashburn leads the day with 35

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.
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 20, 24, 50, 29, 18, 24, 23, 35NOH @ LAC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 32, 28, 41, 23, 34, 24, 17, 35PHI @ SAC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 36, 35, 21, 31, 22, 22, 16, 31BOS @ MEM · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 32, 24, 7, 20, 19, 16, 36, 29SAC vs PHI · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 36, 24, 52, 46, 26, 34, 28, 26ORL @ CHI · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 22, 20, 23, 22, 11, 21, 17, 24LAC vs NOH · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
Malik RoseSAS+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Predrag DrobnjakSEA+4.9 14.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jamal MashburnNOH+4.7 26.6 last 10 · 21.9 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+4.6 13.7 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.5 12.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Ron MercerIND−4.0 4.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tyrone HillPHI−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−3.4 8.1 last 10 · 11.5 season