FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 4, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 23 after three quarters and won 102–101.

Final
HOU88
PHI79
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +9
Final
SAS124
TOR98
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +29; Q3 SAS +29; Q4 SAS +26
Final
MIA83
NJN99
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +16
Final
SAC93
BOS92
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +1
Final
IND98
DET92
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +6
Final
LAL102
MEM101
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -23; Q4 LAL +1
Final
CLE93
MIL95
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +2
Final · OT
NYK94
UTA92
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final
POR122
GSW100
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +22
Final
LAC93
SEA101
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA -2; Q4 SEA +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 4, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs CLE), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ MEM

Shaquille O'Neal drops 33 in 23-point comeback win over Memphis

Memphis led by 23 after three. Final: 102–101.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8-23+1LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25231836102
MEM29273312101
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 48, 32, 31, 39, 26, 34, 34, 31, 33LAL33 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 13, 31, 28, 31, 55, 14, 29, 19, 21LAL21 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 24, 17, 22, 3, 12, 11, 5, 18MEM18 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 21, 26, 20, 13, 19, 22, 5, 18MEM18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 73 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 64 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 74 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Toronto by 26.

SAC over BOS1LAL over MEM1MIL over CLE2NYK over UTA2IND over DET6SEA over LAC8HOU over PHI9NJN over MIA16POR over GSW22SAS over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 40

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 21, 31, 24, 25, 27, 34, 28, 40BOS vs SAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 48, 32, 31, 39, 26, 34, 34, 31, 33LAL @ MEM · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 21, 16, 4, 0, 16, 21, 2, 31POR @ GSW · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 14, 21, 17, 8, 22, 30, 17, 30NJN vs MIA · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 18, 38, 29, 24, 9, 24, 24, 29IND @ DET · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 11, 31, 16, 21, 20, 13, 23, 28POR @ GSW · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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
Richard JeffersonNJN+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Caron ButlerMIA+6.0 21.6 last 10 · 15.6 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.9 33.6 last 10 · 27.7 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−6.0 9.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Brad MillerIND−5.0 8.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Travis BestMIA−4.6 4.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Keith Van HornPHI−4.5 11.4 last 10 · 15.9 season