FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 17, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed LAC by 8 at halftime and won 102–85.

Final
POR95
IND88
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +7
Final · OT
TOR91
PHX95
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +4
Final
LAL102
LAC85
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +17
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 17, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs ORL), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ LAC

Shaquille O'Neal scores 42 as Lakers beat Clippers

Lakers won 102–85. Shaquille O'Neal: 42 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-8+2+17LAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL23123532102
LAC2914251785
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42LAL42 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26LAL26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 8, 7, 12, 6, 22, 3, 8, 15LAC15 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Cherokee ParksPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 6, 8, 6, 4, 18, 8, 9, 13LAC13 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · TOR @ PHX

Phoenix needs overtime to survive Toronto

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Phoenix won the final period 8–4 for a 95–91 win. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs TOR
Shawn Marion · PHXMorris Peterson · TORPTS3017REB104AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 30.0 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 42

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42LAL @ LAC · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 21, 28, 25, 20, 19, 18, 14, 31IND vs POR · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 23, 17, 22, 10, 17, 27, 14, 30PHX vs TOR · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26LAL @ LAC · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 41, 14, 35, 33, 28, 14, 26, 19, 25PHX vs TOR · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 9, 6, 2, 10, 9, 5, 17, 18PHX vs TOR · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 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 16.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+7.0 22.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.7 13.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+5.5 14.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Pau GasolMEM+5.2 24.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−6.5 1.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Matt HarpringUTA−5.0 12.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.2 0.8 last 10 · 5.0 season
Ricky DavisCLE−3.9 16.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Reggie MillerIND−3.8 9.3 last 10 · 13.1 season