FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 8, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 7 at halftime and won 89–83.

Final
WAS100
CLE91
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +9
Final
DET74
PHI91
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +17
Final
TOR83
MIA89
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +6
Final
ATL95
NYK99
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +4
Final
LAC108
MEM111
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +3
Final
IND103
CHI115
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +12
Final
POR81
HOU66
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +15
Final
PHX98
DEN78
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +20
Final
SEA85
SAC107
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +22
Final
UTA102
GSW128
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +26
Final
DAL99
LAL108
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +9
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 8, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Desmond Mason (SEA vs LAC), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Toronto's skid reaches three

Miami won 89–83; the Raptors fall to 24–53. Brian Grant led Miami with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-6-7+2+6MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2527181383
MIA1926271789
Who led
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 6, 11, 6, 15, 6, 23, 15, 16MIA16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 21, 16, 35, 24, 18, 15, 5, 12MIA12 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 12, 8, 17, 8, 8, 14, 10, 16TOR16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chris JefferiesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 11, 0, 15TOR15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Utah by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

MEM over LAC3NYK over ATL4MIA over TOR6WAS over CLE9LAL over DAL9CHI over IND12POR over HOU15PHI over DET17PHX over DEN20SAC over SEA22GSW over UTA26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 75 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 75 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg45.2Today

45 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal leads the day with 38

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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 29, 24, 9, 24, 24, 29, 12, 38IND @ CHI · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 22, 28, 38, 42, 24, 8, 24, 37PHI vs DET · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 41, 21, 23, 11, 19, 10, 11, 1, 34GSW vs UTA · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 17, 17, 14, 18, 25, 7, 19, 33CHI vs IND · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 20, 19, 27, 24, 27, 27, 8, 29NYK vs ATL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 6, 19, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31, 27CHI vs IND · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+8.0 18.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rodney WhiteDEN+4.6 13.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Dion GloverATL+4.4 13.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+4.3 20.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−7.1 8.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Brad MillerIND−5.0 8.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Travis BestMIA−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Keith Van HornPHI−4.5 11.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Anthony MasonMIL−4.3 2.9 last 10 · 7.2 season