FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 19, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 8 after three quarters and won 87–86.

Final
BOS72
IND102
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +26; Q3 IND +26; Q4 IND +30
Final
MIA93
ORL109
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +16
Final
ATL86
TOR87
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +1
Final
MIL104
NJN85
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +19
Final
CLE101
MEM128
Q1 MEM +18; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +27
Final
NYK96
NOH101
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +5
Final
UTA99
PHX86
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +13
Final
HOU83
POR94
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +11
Final
SEA99
GSW105
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +6
Final
DEN78
LAC91
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
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 19, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MIL), 48 points.
The lead · ATL @ TOR

Toronto climbs out of an 8-point hole against Atlanta

Down 8 after three, the Raptors won the fourth quarter 24–15 and the game 87–86. Vince Carter led Toronto with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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+2-3-8+1TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2026251586
TOR2221202487
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 43, 26, 21, 21, 16, 28, 15, 27TOR27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 23, 7, 9, 18, 6, 6, 12, 13TOR13 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 24, 8, 12, 22, 20, 20, 4, 23ATL23 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 23, 22, 26, 29, 33, 20, 13, 22ATL22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SEA @ GSW

Golden State beats Seattle, 105–99

Golden State led 81–78 after three and won by 6. Antawn Jamison led Golden State with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over ATL1NOH over NYK5GSW over SEA6POR over HOU11UTA over PHX13LAC over DEN13ORL over MIA16MIL over NJN19MEM over CLE27IND over BOS30Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.8Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.8 in 67 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 26, 48, 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36ORL vs MIA · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 25, 16, 29, 40, 21, 17, 18, 34UTA @ PHX · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 22, 25, 28, 17, 28, 50, 36, 29NYK @ NOH · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 18, 19, 16, 19, 17, 21, 22, 28NJN vs MIL · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 22, 40, 12, 23, 20, 26, 17, 28GSW vs SEA · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 13, 27, 32, 17, 27, 22, 9, 28MEM vs CLE · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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
Chauncey BillupsDET+7.8 23.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+7.8 17.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allan HoustonNYK+6.5 29.4 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+5.7 14.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Shane BattierMEM+4.8 14.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−6.2 1.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.5 15.0 last 10 · 20.5 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.8 14.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.4 17.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.2 0.8 last 10 · 5.0 season