FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 9, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHX by 3 at halftime and won 105–98.

Final
WAS96
NYK97
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +1
Final
PHI92
LAL106
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +14
Final
SAS94
BOS78
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +16
Final
GSW105
DET107
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +2
Final
DEN98
ORL111
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +31; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +13
Final
MEM119
TOR106
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +13
Final
NJN102
NOH92
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +10
Final
MIN105
PHX98
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +7
Final
IND88
SAC107
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +19
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 9, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Scottie Pippen (POR @ DEN), 28 points.
The lead · MIN @ PHX

Kevin Garnett posts 29-14-12 as Minnesota tops Phoenix

A triple-double in a 105–98 win.

Game flow · MIN 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+2-3+6+7MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN25322523105
PHX2337162298
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 34, 24, 20, 22, 22, 27, 15, 29MIN29 PTS · 14 REB · 12 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 26, 12, 25, 26, 7, 16, 8, 18MIN18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 22, 32, 7, 41, 14, 35, 33, 28PHX28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 14, 13, 19, 12, 19, 17, 5, 16PHX16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Sacramento by 19.

NYK over WAS1DET over GSW2MIN over PHX7NJN over NOH10ORL over DEN13MEM over TOR13LAL over PHI14SAS over BOS16SAC over IND19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 43

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: 24, 52, 46, 26, 34, 28, 26, 48, 37, 43ORL vs DEN · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 35, 18, 26, 40, 39LAL vs PHI · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 43, 30, 25, 35, 17, 21, 4, 10, 27, 39WAS @ NYK · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 18, 32, 25, 25, 23, 13, 27, 32MEM @ TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 22, 16, 12, 13, 33, 21, 21, 31DET vs GSW · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 41, 23, 34, 24, 17, 35, 36, 40, 30PHI @ LAL · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Chauncey BillupsDET+6.1 21.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Michael JordanWAS+5.4 25.1 last 10 · 19.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tracy McGradyORL+4.7 36.4 last 10 · 31.7 season
Cold
Steve FrancisHOU−5.2 16.9 last 10 · 22.1 season
Chris WhitneyORL−4.8 3.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.7 16.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.5 13.2 last 10 · 17.7 season
Tyrone HillPHI−4.3 1.4 last 10 · 5.8 season