FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 10, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
LAC86
ATL95
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +9
Final
UTA83
MIA73
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +10
Final
MIN92
DAL83
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +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 10, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs NYK), 40 points.
The lead · LAC @ ATL

Atlanta beats Clippers, 95–86

Atlanta led 73–62 after three and won by 9. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Atlanta with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+6+11+9ATL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1821232486
ATL2322282295
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 30, 23, 22, 26ATL26 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Dion GloverPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 13, 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 9, 14ATL14 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 21, 17, 24, 14, 17, 25, 19LAC19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Melvin ElyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 6, 4, 6, 5, 4, 4, 7, 13LAC13 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ DAL

Minnesota leads Dallas wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 92–83. Best quarter: the fourth, 27–28. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 31 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over LAC9MIN over DAL9UTA over MIA10Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 65 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 37

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 29, 26, 36, 28, 24, 21, 21, 37DAL vs MIN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 24, 20, 22, 22, 27, 15, 29, 31MIN @ DAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 19, 19, 20, 23, 25, 16, 29UTA @ MIA · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 12, 25, 26, 7, 16, 8, 18, 27MIN @ DAL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 30, 23, 22, 26ATL vs LAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 13, 17, 24, 20, 15, 16, 11, 24MIA vs UTA · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 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
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
Tyrone HillPHI−4.3 1.4 last 10 · 5.8 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−4.1 9.6 last 10 · 13.7 season