FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 26, 2003Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NOH by 18 at halftime and won 97–95.

Final
GSW107
BOS95
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +12
Final
PHI91
IND85
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +6
Final
CLE83
TOR89
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +6
Final · OT
ATL99
DET102
Q1 DET -10; Q2 DET -12; Q3 DET -11; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
NYK95
NJN101
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +6
Final
PHX101
MEM99
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +2
Final
MIA74
CHI82
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +8
Final
MIL103
DEN108
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +5
Final
LAL96
HOU93
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +3
Final
ORL97
NOH95
Q1 ORL -15; Q2 ORL -18; Q3 ORL -10; Q4 ORL +2
Final
POR85
UTA94
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +9
Final
WAS80
SEA74
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +6
Final
DAL114
LAC107
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +7
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 26, 2002: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL @ MIL), 36 points.
The lead · ORL @ NOH

Tracy McGrady scores 41 as Orlando beats New Orleans

Orlando won 97–95. Tracy McGrady: 41 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists. Jamal Mashburn scored 40 for New Orleans in the loss.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-18-10+2ORL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1725243197
NOH3228161995
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37, 34, 41ORL41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 14, 13, 13, 18, 9, 13, 19, 18ORL18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 16, 11, 21, 8, 25, 22, 18, 40NOH40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Robert TraylorPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 2, 7, 7, 5, 2, 6, 0, 11NOH11 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 12.

PHX over MEM2ORL over NOH2DET over ATL3LAL over HOU3DEN over MIL5PHI over IND6TOR over CLE6NJN over NYK6WAS over SEA6DAL over LAC7CHI over MIA8UTA over POR9GSW over BOS12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg35.6Last 5

35.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 55 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 70 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37, 34, 41ORL @ NOH · W
32.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 16, 11, 21, 8, 25, 22, 18, 40NOH vs ORL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48, 32, 31, 39LAL @ HOU · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34, 13, 31, 28, 31LAL @ HOU · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 13, 21, 14, 25, 5, 2, 20, 31GSW @ BOS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 20, 26, 17, 28, 21, 37, 23, 29GSW @ BOS · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 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+7.5 23.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+6.8 16.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+6.6 15.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Malik RoseSAS+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tracy McGradyORL+5.2 37.6 last 10 · 32.4 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.8 8.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.3 11.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.2 14.9 last 10 · 20.1 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.1 14.8 last 10 · 18.9 season
Brad MillerIND−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season