FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 23, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NJN by 11 after the first quarter and won 93–88.

Final
LAL89
SAS98
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +9
Final
PHI112
TOR95
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +17
Final
CHI82
DET105
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +23
Final
ORL96
MIA74
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +22
Final
NJN88
CLE93
Q1 CLE -11; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +5
Final
WAS107
GSW113
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +6
Final
HOU108
SAC109
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +1
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 23, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX @ LAC), 32 points.
The lead · NJN @ CLE

Cleveland fights back from 11 down against New Jersey

Final: 93–88, after trailing by 11 after one. Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-11-2-1+5CLE AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3617191688
CLE2526202293
Who led
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 27, 10, 15, 12, 14, 30, 11, 13, 29CLE29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Smush ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 6, 8, 8, 2, 16, 2, 4, 15CLE15 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 6, 17, 13, 23, 9, 17, 14, 21NJN21 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 16, 19, 17, 21, 22, 28, 17, 18NJN18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 67 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 69 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · WAS @ GSW

Washington's skid reaches three

Golden State won 113–107; the Wizards fall to 32–37. Gilbert Arenas led Golden State with 41 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
Lvs TOR86–89Wvs LAC99–80Lvs MIL82–85L@ NYK96–97Wvs ORL106–105L@ DET80–90Wvs MIA89–82Lvs DET90–94L@ PHX83–109L@ GSW107–113WAS: last 10 games through Mar 23, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 41

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 28, 22, 29, 10, 22, 11, 25, 41GSW vs WAS · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 17, 25, 23, 12, 23, 17, 13, 38HOU @ SAC · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 40, 12, 23, 20, 26, 17, 28, 21, 37GSW vs WAS · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 48, 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37ORL @ MIA · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48, 32LAL @ SAS · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 40, 30, 31, 22, 31, 32, 5, 25, 32PHI @ TOR · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 7 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+7.4 23.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+6.8 16.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+6.1 15.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.0 24.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.3 37.5 last 10 · 32.2 season
Cold
Ricky DavisCLE−6.0 14.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.3 11.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Chris WhitneyORL−5.0 2.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.1 9.7 last 10 · 13.8 season