FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 14, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed MIA by 8 at halftime and won 87–83.

Final
UTA81
IND101
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +20
Final
POR79
PHI90
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +11
Final
NYK104
ATL107
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +3
Final
WAS80
DET90
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +10
Final
NOH87
MIA83
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -8; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +4
Final
LAL106
MIN99
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +7
Final
CHI91
HOU121
Q1 HOU +22; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +30
Final
LAC96
SAS107
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +11
Final
TOR84
SAC119
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +21; Q3 SAC +24; Q4 SAC +35
Final
DAL116
GSW114
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +2
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 14, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (NYK vs SAC), 43 points.
The lead · NOH @ MIA

New Orleans rallies from 8 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 8 at the half, New Orleans outscored the Heat 47–35 the rest of the way. Final: 87–83. Jamal Mashburn led New Orleans with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-3-8+1+4NOH AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH1921232487
MIA2226142183
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 24, 23, 35, 18, 18, 16, 11, 21NOH21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 12, 12, 12, 8, 12, 6, 6, 20NOH20 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 24, 20, 15, 16, 11, 24, 13, 25MIA25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Vladimir StepaniaPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 2, 8, 0, 2, 4, 7, 13, 17MIA17 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 65 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg43.2Today

43 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Toronto by 35.

DAL over GSW2ATL over NYK3NOH over MIA4LAL over MIN7DET over WAS10PHI over POR11SAS over LAC11IND over UTA20HOU over CHI30SAC over TOR35Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the day with 33

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.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 12, 22, 30, 23, 22, 26, 29, 33ATL vs NYK · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 32, 30, 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21, 30LAL @ MIN · W
30.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 18, 26, 22, 28, 30, 28, 22, 29GSW vs DAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 19, 34, 25, 22, 25, 28, 17, 28NYK @ ATL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 35, 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26LAL @ MIN · W
26.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 36, 29, 25, 24, 16, 22, 26SAC vs TOR · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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 22.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.7 24.0 last 10 · 18.3 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.5 13.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.9 23.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−5.4 2.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.9 12.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.0 1.2 last 10 · 5.2 season
Morris PetersonTOR−3.9 10.2 last 10 · 14.1 season