FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 25, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed ATL by 3 at halftime and won 108–91.

Final
GSW103
CLE124
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +21
Final
LAL108
ATL91
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +17
Final
MIA91
MIN108
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +17
Final
MIL94
SAS107
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +13
Final
WAS95
POR91
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +4
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 25, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Bonzi Wells (POR vs MEM), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ ATL

Shaquille O'Neal scores 31 as Lakers win in Atlanta

Final: 108–91. Shaquille O'Neal made 11 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3+7+17LAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL30183129108
ATL2823211991
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48, 32, 31LAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34, 13, 31, 28LAL28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 17, 19, 23, 27, 18, 37, 23, 22ATL22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 29, 33, 20, 13, 22, 22, 18, 15ATL15 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · WAS @ POR

Washington leads Portland wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 95–91. Best quarter: the second, 24–24. Michael Jordan led Washington with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over POR4SAS over MIL13LAL over ATL17MIN over MIA17CLE over GSW21Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg36.2Last 5

36.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg5.6Last 3

5.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 31

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 18, 24, 22, 27, 25, 29, 27, 31SAS vs MIL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48, 32, 31LAL @ ATL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34, 13, 31, 28LAL @ ATL · W
30.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 18, 19, 28, 11, 9, 12, 4, 28CLE vs GSW · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29, 24, 26MIN vs MIA · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 18, 27, 12, 15, 20, 16, 14, 26MIN vs MIA · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Malik RoseSAS+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.7 9.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.7 14.5 last 10 · 20.2 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