FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 28, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIN by 16 after the first quarter and won 111–84.

Final
CHI89
IND140
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +28; Q3 IND +37; Q4 IND +51
Final
GSW102
PHI98
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +4
Final
NOH101
TOR92
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +9
Final
CLE95
BOS104
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +9
Final
PHX94
DET91
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +3
Final
MIN84
MIA111
Q1 MIA -16; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +27
Final
NJN122
NYK101
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +21
Final
MIL90
UTA103
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +13
Final
MEM71
SEA95
Q1 SEA +13; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +24; Q4 SEA +24
Final
WAS94
LAL108
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +14
Final
DAL95
POR112
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +17
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 28, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ MIN), 34 points.
The lead · MIN @ MIA

Caron Butler drops 35 in 16-point comeback win over Minnesota

Minnesota led by 16 after one. Final: 111–84.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-1+11+27MIA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3514161984
MIA19292835111
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 14, 26, 20, 22, 19, 21, 16, 35MIA35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 14, 2, 6, 2, 13, 11, 15, 18MIA18 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29, 24, 26, 26, 17MIN17 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 4, 9, 10, 7, 23, 6, 5, 16MIN16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 62 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Chicago by 51, the widest margin of 11 games.

PHX over DET3GSW over PHI4NOH over TOR9BOS over CLE9UTA over MIL13LAL over WAS14POR over DAL17NJN over NYK21SEA over MEM24MIA over MIN27IND over CHI51Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 55

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 20, 26, 34, 13, 31, 28, 31, 55LAL vs WAS · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high55 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 11, 12, 27, 14, 17, 8, 18, 39NJN @ NYK · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 14, 26, 20, 22, 19, 21, 16, 35MIA vs MIN · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 28, 11, 9, 12, 4, 28, 10, 31CLE @ BOS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 26, 17, 28, 21, 37, 23, 29, 30GSW @ PHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 22, 31, 32, 5, 25, 32, 22, 28PHI vs GSW · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 10 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 23.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+6.5 15.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Caron ButlerMIA+5.7 21.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Nick Van ExelDAL+5.2 17.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+5.1 14.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.2 9.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−4.8 11.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jalen RoseCHI−4.4 18.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Tim ThomasMIL−4.4 9.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.3 14.5 last 10 · 18.8 season