FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 9, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed MIN by 5 after the first quarter and won 100–92.

Final
TOR82
ORL88
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +6
Final
BOS87
WAS83
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +4
Final
NJN92
ATL97
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +5
Final · OT
CHI102
DET111
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +9
Final
LAC92
MIL112
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +21; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +20
Final
CLE81
NOH100
Q1 NOH +11; Q2 NOH +15; Q3 NOH +28; Q4 NOH +19
Final
POR79
SAS84
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +5
Final
HOU73
UTA94
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DAL89
PHX112
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +23
Final
MIN92
SEA100
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA -2; 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 9, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ MIA), 35 points.
The lead · MIN @ SEA

Ray Allen scores 33 in Seattle win over Minnesota

Final: 100–92. Ray Allen added 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0-5-2-2+8SEA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2422242292
SEA19252432100
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 25, 32, 26, 19, 19, 18, 22, 33SEA33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 29, 14, 24, 26, 15, 22, 24, 8, 19SEA19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 26, 26, 17, 24, 20, 25, 16, 29MIN29 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 26, 22, 10, 8, 6, 23, 25, 26MIN26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ WAS

Boston never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 87–83. Antoine Walker led Boston with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over WAS4ATL over NJN5SAS over POR5ORL over TOR6SEA over MIN8DET over CHI9NOH over CLE19MIL over LAC20UTA over HOU21PHX over DAL23Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 76 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 77 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg44.9Today

45 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 37

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 37, 34, 41, 30, 39, 30, 12, 28, 37ORL vs TOR · W
32.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 25, 32, 26, 19, 19, 18, 22, 33SEA vs MIN · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 21, 19, 22, 33, 25, 18, 27, 31PHX vs DAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 26, 26, 17, 24, 20, 25, 16, 29MIN @ SEA · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 23, 23, 18, 17, 16, 27, 12, 29DET vs CHI · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 18, 40, 27, 24, 10, 24, 23, 28NOH vs CLE · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 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+9.6 19.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Dion GloverATL+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rodney WhiteDEN+4.6 13.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Tyronn LueWAS+4.5 13.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−7.1 8.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Steve FrancisHOU−6.3 14.9 last 10 · 21.2 season
Brad MillerIND−5.0 8.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Travis BestMIA−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.6 6.0 last 10 · 10.6 season