FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 27, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIN by 9 at halftime and won 110–107.

Final
MIN107
ORL110
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +3
Final
HOU85
SAS98
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +13
Final
LAC83
SAC93
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +10
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 27, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHX), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ ORL

Tracy McGrady scores 30, Orlando rallies past Minnesota

Orlando trailed by 9 at the half and won 110–107.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-9-5+3ORL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN33272621107
ORL25263029110
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37, 34, 41, 30ORL30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Pat GarrityPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 20, 4, 18, 2, 6, 19, 0, 18ORL18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29, 24, 26, 26MIN26 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 27, 12, 15, 20, 16, 14, 26, 22MIN22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAC @ SAC

Sacramento never trails at a break against Clippers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 93–83. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over MIN3SAC over LAC10SAS over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 72 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 70 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 30

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: 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37, 34, 41, 30ORL vs MIN · W
32.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 12, 15, 12, 9, 15, 11, 9, 27SAS vs HOU · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29, 24, 26, 26MIN @ ORL · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 24, 22, 27, 25, 29, 27, 31, 25SAS vs HOU · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 22, 26, 24, 13, 26, 25, 24, 23SAC vs LAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 27, 12, 15, 20, 16, 14, 26, 22MIN @ ORL · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 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+7.5 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+5.1 14.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Nick Van ExelDAL+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.8 8.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.2 14.9 last 10 · 20.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.1 14.8 last 10 · 18.9 season
Brad MillerIND−4.1 9.5 last 10 · 13.6 season