FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 2, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed HOU by 10 after the first quarter and won 106–99.

Final
MIA62
BOS90
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +29; Q4 BOS +28
Final
IND103
CLE82
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +21
Final
CHI101
PHI108
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +7
Final
TOR89
DET78
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +11
Final
SAS105
MEM87
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +18
Final
HOU99
MIL106
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SEA86
MIN91
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +5
Final
SAC105
WAS99
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +6
Final
NJN97
NOH106
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +18; Q4 NOH +9
Final
NYK83
DEN75
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +8
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 · 2001–02Apr 2, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU vs SEA), 32 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIL

Milwaukee turns it around against Houston

From 10 down after one to a 7-point win: 106–99. Sam Cassell led Milwaukee with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-100+3+7MIL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3022212699
MIL20322430106
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 13, 21, 19, 23, 2, 23, 20, 20MIL20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 17, 20, 12, 28, 19, 24, 20, 18MIL18 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 21, 6, 23, 19, 9, 11, 6, 20HOU20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 13, 38, 8, 19, 8, 18, 22, 17HOU17 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 72 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NYK @ DEN

New York handles Denver by 8

The Knicks won the fourth quarter 27–13. Final: 83–75. Allan Houston led New York with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over SEA5SAC over WAS6PHI over CHI7MIL over HOU7NYK over DEN8NOH over NJN9TOR over DET11SAS over MEM18IND over CLE21BOS over MIA28Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over DEN.
Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 33

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: 27, 25, 29, 27, 31, 25, 30, 33, 20, 33SAS @ MEM · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 13, 12, 15, 17, 16, 6, 10, 31MIN vs SEA · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 26, 25, 24, 23, 21, 22, 22, 28SAC @ WAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 14, 21, 31, 24, 25, 27, 34, 28BOS vs MIA · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 28, 7, 18, 24, 20, 22, 15, 27WAS vs SAC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 9, 12, 4, 28, 10, 31, 38, 27CLE vs IND · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 8 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
Jamal CrawfordCHI+7.7 17.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+6.2 33.8 last 10 · 27.6 season
Caron ButlerMIA+5.9 21.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.6 21.1 last 10 · 15.5 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+5.4 12.0 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Jalen RoseCHI−6.8 15.3 last 10 · 22.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.4 9.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.9 9.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Travis BestMIA−4.6 4.2 last 10 · 8.8 season