FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 5, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by HOU (vs TOR) and ATL (vs CLE).

Final
NYK95
BOS97
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +2
Final
ATL111
CLE105
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +6
Final
MIL99
ORL111
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +12
Final
HOU97
TOR95
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +2
Final
LAC80
WAS99
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +28; Q4 WAS +19
Final
DEN86
MEM96
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +10
Final
POR92
PHX98
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +6
Final · OT
MIN95
SAC96
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +1
Final
SEA83
UTA94
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
Final
IND95
LAL97
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +2
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 5, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ HOU), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ TOR

Houston takes over late to edge Toronto

Down 6 after three, Houston won the fourth 32–24. Final: 97–95. Yao Ming led Houston with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-5-7-6+2HOU AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1624253297
TOR2126242495
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 18, 18, 9, 24, 16, 14, 20, 21HOU21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 5, 19, 33, 19, 8, 21, 11, 19HOU19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 12, 16, 13, 19, 18, 18, 24, 21TOR21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 21, 15, 22, 9, 13, 19, 11, 19TOR19 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 19.

SAC over MIN1BOS over NYK2HOU over TOR2LAL over IND2ATL over CLE6PHX over POR6MEM over DEN10UTA over SEA11ORL over MIL12WAS over LAC19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 48

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 36, 24, 52, 46, 26, 34, 28, 26, 48ORL vs MIL · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
48 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 17, 15, 22, 18, 22, 38, 17, 34BOS vs NYK · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 43, 20, 22, 22, 32, 7, 41, 14, 35, 33PHX vs POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 23, 18, 12, 16, 31, 12, 21, 28IND @ LAL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 34, 24, 34, 24, 20, 22, 22, 27MIN @ SAC · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 24 REB · 4 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 11, 19, 16, 29, 13, 4, 6, 27CLE vs ATL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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+6.6 37.3 last 10 · 30.7 season
Predrag DrobnjakSEA+5.2 14.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Malik RoseSAS+5.2 14.3 last 10 · 9.1 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−5.4 12.2 last 10 · 17.6 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.3 17.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Ron MercerIND−3.9 4.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Tyrone HillPHI−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season