FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 18, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SAS by 13 at halftime and won 105–97.

Final
NJN87
BOS74
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +13
Final · OT
DET94
WAS90
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +4
Final
PHI103
MIA83
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +20
Final
MEM80
MIN96
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +16
Final
ATL78
CHI103
Q1 CHI -7; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +25
Final
CLE93
DAL114
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +21
Final
NYK105
SAS97
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -13; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK +8
Final
DEN81
UTA99
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +18
Final
GSW91
SAC117
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +26
Final
HOU94
SEA100
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +6
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 18, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Jamal Mashburn (CHH vs MIL), 31 points.
The lead · NYK @ SAS

Allan Houston scores 36, New York rallies past San Antonio

New York trailed by 13 at the half and won 105–97.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-13-9+8NYK AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK23192736105
SAS2728231997
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 25, 22, 25, 28, 17, 28, 50, 36NYK36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 15, 18, 33, 20, 14, 11, 10, 17NYK17 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 35, 21, 18, 25, 18, 24, 22, 27SAS27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 13, 21, 10, 13, 17, 11, 25, 21SAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Sacramento by 26.

DET over WAS4SEA over HOU6NYK over SAS8NJN over BOS13MIN over MEM16UTA over DEN18PHI over MIA20DAL over CLE21CHI over ATL25SAC over GSW26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 36

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 25, 22, 25, 28, 17, 28, 50, 36NYK @ SAS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 35, 36, 40, 30, 31, 22, 31, 32PHI @ MIA · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 24, 21, 30, 27, 12, 15, 12, 31CHI vs ATL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 4, 6, 27, 10, 15, 12, 14, 30CLE @ DAL · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 27, 15, 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29MIN vs MEM · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28DAL vs CLE · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 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+8.1 17.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+7.8 23.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.7 13.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+5.7 14.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK+5.6 28.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−6.5 1.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.7 16.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.3 13.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.2 17.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.2 0.8 last 10 · 5.0 season