FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 24, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 6 after the first quarter and won 100–90.

Final
MEM110
ORL104
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
TOR90
NYK100
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +10
Final
DAL108
DEN96
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +12
Final
SEA82
PHX73
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +9
Final
BOS91
UTA96
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +5
Final
HOU108
LAC90
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +18
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 24, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Jamal Mashburn (CHH @ IND), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

New York gets past Toronto

100–90, with New York ahead 50–49 at halftime. Kurt Thomas led New York with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+7+10NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2821152690
NYK22282129100
Who led
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 10, 26, 9, 13, 12, 9, 20, 23NYK23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 17, 28, 50, 36, 29, 19, 19, 20NYK20 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 12, 8, 4, 22, 16, 6, 10, 23TOR23 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 21, 16, 28, 15, 27, 30, 22, 21TOR21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · BOS @ UTA

Utah makes it four straight

Utah beat Boston 96–91 and moved to 41–29. Matt Harpring led Utah with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · UTA
Lvs SAC105–108L@ DAL77–101W@ MIA83–73W@ ORL111–108L@ IND81–101L@ CLE95–122Wvs DEN99–81W@ PHX99–86Wvs LAC88–73Wvs BOS96–91UTA: last 10 games through Mar 24, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 60 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 34

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: 48, 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37, 34ORL vs MEM · L
32.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 12, 17, 26, 25, 12, 13, 11, 30LAC vs HOU · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 9, 30, 28, 24, 25, 18, 7, 29SEA @ PHX · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 17, 27, 22, 9, 28, 13, 21, 26MEM @ ORL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28, 34, 27, 25DAL @ DEN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 24, 22, 16, 24, 20, 27, 25DEN vs DAL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
Tracy McGradyORL+6.1 38.3 last 10 · 32.2 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.0 24.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Cold
Ricky DavisCLE−6.0 14.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.3 11.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Voshon LenardTOR−4.3 10.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Chris WhitneyORL−4.1 3.6 last 10 · 7.7 season