FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 3, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS89
ATL91
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +2
Final
LAL100
DAL89
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +11
Final
UTA93
POR88
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +5
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 3, 2002: 9 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL vs WAS), 38 points.
The lead · WAS @ ATL

Atlanta holds off Washington, 91–89

Atlanta led 73–64 after three and held on to win by two. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Atlanta with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+7+9+2ATL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2125182589
ATL2825201891
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 13, 22, 22, 18, 15, 23, 15, 24ATL24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 4, 23, 17, 20, 10, 18, 10, 18ATL18 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 14, 24, 25, 26, 23, 19, 17, 22WAS22 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 7, 18, 24, 20, 22, 15, 27, 15WAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ POR

Utah leads Portland wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 93–88. Best quarter: the fourth, 26–24. Karl Malone led Utah with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over WAS2UTA over POR5LAL over DAL11Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 68 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 48, 32, 31, 39, 26, 34, 34, 31LAL @ DAL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 18, 27, 16, 19, 15, 14, 17, 26DAL vs LAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 34, 27, 25, 27, 20, 33, 30, 25DAL vs LAL · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 22 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 13, 22, 22, 18, 15, 23, 15, 24ATL vs WAS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 14, 11, 31, 16, 21, 20, 13, 23POR vs UTA · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 14, 24, 25, 26, 23, 19, 17, 22WAS @ ATL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 7 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+6.9 34.5 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
Nick Van ExelDAL+4.9 17.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Jalen RoseCHI−6.8 15.3 last 10 · 22.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.4 9.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.8 8.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Travis BestMIA−4.6 4.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Anthony MasonMIL−4.3 2.9 last 10 · 7.2 season