FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 12, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed LAL by 11 after the first quarter and won 111–88.

Final
NOH65
BOS93
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +28
Final
UTA111
ORL108
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +3
Final
IND93
PHI96
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MIL92
ATL111
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +19
Final
LAL88
DET111
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +23
Final
CHI95
MEM124
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +29
Final
SAS111
MIN99
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +12
Final · OT
LAC114
HOU118
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
TOR103
POR125
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +34; Q4 POR +22
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 12, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (HOU vs SEA), 38 points.
The lead · LAL @ DET

Chauncey Billups scores 33 in Detroit rout of Lakers

Final: 111–88, a 23-point win.

Game flow · DET 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+4+5+23DET AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2916241988
DET18312537111
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 16, 12, 13, 33, 21, 21, 31, 33DET33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 1, 7, 0, 9, 4, 5, 4, 10, 6, 22DET22 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 33, 35, 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24LAL24 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 41, 32, 30, 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21LAL21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 55 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.6Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 19.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Memphis by 29.

UTA over ORL3PHI over IND3HOU over LAC4SAS over MIN12ATL over MIL19POR over TOR22DET over LAL23BOS over NOH28MEM over CHI29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 19, 19, 20, 23, 25, 16, 29, 40UTA @ ORL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 16, 12, 13, 33, 21, 21, 31, 33DET vs LAL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 46, 26, 34, 28, 26, 48, 37, 43, 43, 32ORL vs UTA · L
31.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 23, 34, 24, 17, 35, 36, 40, 30, 31PHI vs IND · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 10, 21, 16, 12, 13, 9, 30MIN vs SAS · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 30, 23, 22, 26, 29ATL vs MIL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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+7.5 16.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+7.3 22.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Malik RoseSAS+5.7 15.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.9 23.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Gordan GiricekORL+4.8 17.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−5.4 2.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.5 17.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.2 13.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.1 1.2 last 10 · 5.3 season