FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 21, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 12 points, by IND (vs MEM) and MIN (vs SAS).

Final
MEM92
IND101
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -12; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +9
Final
CLE85
ORL109
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +24
Final
ATL114
PHI105
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +9
Final
TOR98
MIA107
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +9
Final
DET93
NYK97
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +4
Final · OT
MIN101
SAS94
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -12; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +7
Final
MIL98
NOH113
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +26; Q3 NOH +19; Q4 NOH +15
Final · OT
DEN99
SEA101
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -6; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +2
Final
HOU117
GSW107
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +10
Final
BOS96
LAL104
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +8
Final
WAS83
PHX109
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +26
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 21, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ DAL), 32 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

Minnesota rallies from twelve down at the half, wins in overtime

San Antonio led 54–42 at the break. It was 89–89 after regulation, and Minnesota won the extra time 12–5. Final: 101–94. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 24 points, 18 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-12-60+7MIN AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN2319232412101
SAS30241718594
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 15, 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29, 24MIN24 PTS · 18 REB · 8 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 15, 14, 2, 4, 9, 10, 7, 23MIN23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 21, 18, 25, 18, 24, 22, 27, 25, 29SAS29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 10, 13, 17, 11, 25, 21, 22, 17SAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

SEA over DEN2NYK over DET4MIN over SAS7LAL over BOS8IND over MEM9ATL over PHI9MIA over TOR9HOU over GSW10NOH over MIL15ORL over CLE24PHX over WAS26Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 66 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg46.3Today

46 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 64 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 48

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: 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48LAL vs BOS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 48, 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39ORL vs CLE · W
32.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 25, 20, 19, 18, 14, 31, 18, 38IND vs MEM · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 24, 14, 29, 21, 20, 23, 23, 38SEA vs DEN · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 29, 13, 17, 19, 23, 27, 18, 37ATL @ PHI · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 43, 26, 21, 21, 16, 28, 15, 27, 30TOR @ MIA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+9.1 24.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+7.0 16.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+5.7 14.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.2 13.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−5.4 2.3 last 10 · 7.7 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.2 15.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.8 14.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.3 25.8 last 10 · 30.1 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.2 7.9 last 10 · 12.1 season