FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 20, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 4 at halftime and won 112–110.

Final
PHI85
DET113
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +21; Q3 DET +30; Q4 DET +28
Final · OT
SAS112
DAL110
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final
LAL99
SAC107
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +8
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 20, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MIA), 38 points.
The lead · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Dallas led 53–49 at the break. Tied 102–102 after regulation, San Antonio won the extra time 10–8. Final: 112–110. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists. Nick Van Exel scored 35 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-4+60+2SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS2326332010112
DAL213223268110
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 21, 18, 25, 18, 24, 22, 27, 25SAS25 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 21, 10, 13, 17, 11, 25, 21, 22SAS22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 3, 10, 7, 26, 12, 17, 7, 35DAL35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28, 34DAL34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ SAC

Sacramento handles Lakers by 8

The Kings won the fourth quarter 41–31. Final: 107–99. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DAL2SAC over LAL8DET over PHI28Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

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

43 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 35

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 3, 10, 7, 26, 12, 17, 7, 35DAL vs SAS · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34LAL @ SAC · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28, 34DAL vs SAS · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 33, 21, 21, 31, 33, 25, 19, 26, 29DET vs PHI · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28LAL @ SAC · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 25, 24, 16, 22, 26, 24, 13, 26SAC vs LAL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 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+9.3 25.1 last 10 · 15.8 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
Malik RoseSAS+5.1 14.9 last 10 · 9.8 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
Matt HarpringUTA−4.1 13.6 last 10 · 17.7 season