FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 11, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIL by 9 after three quarters and won 105–102.

Final
MIA77
CLE75
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +2
Final
NOH81
IND71
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +10
Final
ORL105
WAS106
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +1
Final
MEM87
NYK85
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +2
Final
SAS105
MIL102
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +3
Final
LAL99
CHI116
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +17
Final
TOR87
DEN95
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +8
Final
POR92
SEA77
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +15
Final
PHX98
GSW113
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +15
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 11, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ WAS), 37 points.
The lead · SAS @ MIL

Malik Rose scores 34, San Antonio rallies past Milwaukee

San Antonio trailed by 9 after three and won 105–102.

Game flow · SAS 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+3-2-9+3SAS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS20272731105
MIL17323419102
Who led
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 15, 14, 10, 16, 13, 2, 8, 34SAS34 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 21, 17, 18, 17, 35, 21, 18, 25SAS25 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 24, 23, 28, 25, 15, 24, 28, 26MIL26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 15, 21, 10, 17, 11, 11, 19, 24MIL24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · POR @ SEA

Seattle's skid reaches three

Portland won 92–77; the SuperSonics fall to 28–34. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · SEA
Wvs MIL88–58L@ LAL101–106Wvs DET86–79Wvs ATL93–76Wvs LAL107–90W@ LAC109–101Wvs MIN92–83L@ UTA83–94Lvs PHI99–108Lvs POR77–92SEA: last 10 games through Mar 11, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

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: 52, 46, 26, 34, 28, 26, 48, 37, 43, 43ORL @ WAS · L
31.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 40, 41, 32, 30, 34, 20, 30, 28, 36LAL @ CHI · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 15, 14, 10, 16, 13, 2, 8, 34SAS @ MIL · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 28, 27, 24, 21, 20, 15, 5, 31WAS vs ORL · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 21, 26, 12, 21, 24, 21, 30, 27CHI vs LAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 24, 23, 28, 25, 15, 24, 28, 26MIL vs SAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Stromile SwiftMEM+6.9 16.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Tracy McGradyORL+6.4 38.3 last 10 · 31.9 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+6.1 21.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Malik RoseSAS+5.0 14.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Steve FrancisHOU−5.2 16.9 last 10 · 22.1 season
Chris WhitneyORL−5.0 3.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Tyrone HillPHI−4.3 1.4 last 10 · 5.8 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.0 1.4 last 10 · 5.4 season