FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 7, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIA by 8 at halftime and won 91–89.

Final
NYK111
ORL102
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +9
Final
MIL85
WAS82
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +3
Final
LAC72
BOS83
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +11
Final
DAL91
MIA89
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +2
Final
CLE76
NOH102
Q1 NOH +14; Q2 NOH +17; Q3 NOH +26; Q4 NOH +26
Final · OT
SAC108
UTA105
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +3
Final
MIN96
LAL106
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +10
Final
PHI108
SEA99
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +9
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 7, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIA

Dallas rallies from 8 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 8 at the half, Dallas outscored the Heat 55–45 the rest of the way. Final: 91–89. Steve Nash led Dallas with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-1-80+2DAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2016302591
MIA2123222389
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 29, 14, 22, 14, 14, 7, 24, 22DAL22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 22, 34, 29, 26, 36, 28, 24, 21DAL21 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 15, 8, 7, 2, 5, 11, 4, 20MIA20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 2, 0, 4, 4, 3, 10, 10, 20MIA20 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hornets rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Orleans beat Cleveland by 26.

DAL over MIA2MIL over WAS3SAC over UTA3NYK over ORL9PHI over SEA9LAL over MIN10BOS over LAC11NOH over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 35, 18, 26, 40LAL vs MIN · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 41, 23, 34, 24, 17, 35, 36, 40PHI @ SEA · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 52, 46, 26, 34, 28, 26, 48, 37ORL vs NYK · L
31.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 13, 13, 13, 28, 6, 15, 18, 33NYK @ ORL · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 52, 40, 40, 41, 32, 30, 34, 20, 30LAL vs MIN · W
30.6 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 43, 30, 25, 35, 17, 21, 4, 10, 27WAS vs MIL · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 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+5.2 35.9 last 10 · 30.6 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.0 12.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+4.8 14.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jamal MashburnNOH+4.6 26.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Wesley PersonMEM+4.4 15.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−4.8 12.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.7 16.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.3 17.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−4.2 9.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.2 17.5 last 10 · 21.7 season