FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 11, 2003Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed POR by 14 after the first quarter and won 96–93.

Final
MIL105
TOR103
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +2
Final
CLE89
ATL109
Q1 ATL +16; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +24; Q4 ATL +20
Final
ORL98
IND86
Q1 ORL -10; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +12
Final
POR93
MEM96
Q1 MEM -14; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +3
Final
WAS91
MIA87
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +4
Final
LAC90
MIN106
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +20; Q4 MIN +16
Final
PHI103
NYK108
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +5
Final
NJN86
CHI95
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI -4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
DET89
NOH93
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +4
Final
SEA86
SAS94
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +8
Final
DAL92
UTA95
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +3
Final
GSW101
PHX117
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +16
Final
DEN103
SAC105
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +2
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 11, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs NJN), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ MEM

Memphis climbs out of a 14-point hole against Portland

Down 14 after one, the Grizzlies won the third quarter 32–21 and the game 96–93. Stromile Swift led Memphis with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-14-7+4+3MEM AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR3420211893
MEM2027321796
Who led
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 9, 6, 7, 3, 8, 11, 4, 19MEM19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 13, 19, 22, 5, 18, 25, 25, 18MEM18 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 13, 11, 13, 12, 3, 4, 11, 31POR31 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 3, 11, 17, 13, 17, 14, 17, 12, 24POR24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 77 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg15.4Last 3

15.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 63 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 73 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one Hawks rout

Six of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Cleveland by 20.

MIL over TOR2SAC over DEN2MEM over POR3UTA over DAL3WAS over MIA4NOH over DET4NYK over PHI5SAS over SEA8CHI over NJN9ORL over IND12MIN over LAC16PHX over GSW16ATL over CLE20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 35

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: 37, 34, 41, 30, 39, 30, 12, 28, 37, 35ORL @ IND · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 20, 33, 30, 25, 29, 26, 26, 34DAL @ UTA · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 32, 26, 19, 19, 18, 22, 33, 32SEA @ SAS · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 13, 11, 13, 12, 3, 4, 11, 31POR @ MEM · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 28, 27, 21, 20, 24, 29SAC vs DEN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 17, 18, 24, 25, 13, 24, 8, 29NJN @ CHI · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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+9.2 19.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Dion GloverATL+7.4 16.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Tyronn LueWAS+4.9 13.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+4.7 14.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Steve FrancisHOU−6.3 14.9 last 10 · 21.2 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.2 9.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Travis BestMIA−5.6 2.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.9 15.3 last 10 · 20.2 season
Brad MillerIND−4.5 8.7 last 10 · 13.2 season