FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 4, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by ATL (vs DEN) and TOR (vs WAS).

Final
TOR89
WAS86
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +3
Final
DEN86
ATL92
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +6
Final
HOU83
DET96
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +13
Final
MIL100
MIA91
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +9
Final
CLE80
NYK89
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +9
Final
NJN79
DAL88
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
PHX104
SAS97
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +7
Final
MIN83
SEA92
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +9
Final
IND100
GSW107
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +7
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 4, 2002: 4 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs BOS), 28 points.
The lead · TOR @ WAS

Toronto holds off Washington, 89–86

Toronto led 65–64 after three and held on to win by three. Vince Carter led Toronto with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-4+1+3TOR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2420212489
WAS2523162286
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 20, 12, 16, 13, 19, 18, 18, 24TOR24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 26, 7, 2, 3, 20, 11, 15, 14TOR14 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 27, 5, 15, 11, 30, 12, 28, 27, 24, 21WAS21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 12, 8, 2, 19, 13, 14, 11, 15WAS15 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DEN @ ATL

Denver's skid reaches thirteen

Atlanta won 92–86; the Nuggets fall to 12–49. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Atlanta with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ CHI69–88L@ NOH92–100L@ SAS76–101Lvs MIN77–85L@ UTA89–99Lvs GSW89–94Lvs POR84–94Lvs NOH88–94Lvs PHI94–100L@ ATL86–92DEN: last 10 games through Mar 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg8.8Last 3

8.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 38 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 34, 11, 11, 21, 17, 18, 17, 35SAS vs PHX · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 21 REB · 8 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 43, 20, 22, 22, 32, 7, 41, 14, 35PHX @ SAS · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 13, 7, 23, 13, 0, 8, 17, 32IND @ GSW · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 14, 16, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 30ATL vs DEN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 17, 19, 26, 23, 21, 29, 40, 29SEA vs MIN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 4, 23, 23, 22, 18, 18, 31, 12, 26DET vs HOU · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 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+5.2 14.3 last 10 · 9.1 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
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−4.2 13.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Tyrone HillPHI−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
James PoseyHOU−3.6 6.6 last 10 · 10.2 season