FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 12, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 10 after three quarters and won 104–99.

Final
BOS86
ORL89
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +3
Final
ATL101
WAS100
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +1
Final · OT
NYK99
CLE104
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -10; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
TOR86
NJN94
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +19; Q4 NJN +8
Final
GSW108
DAL117
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +9
Final
SEA86
HOU101
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +15
Final
LAC101
DEN79
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +21; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +22
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 12, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ MIA), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Ricky Davis scores 37, Cleveland rallies past New York

Cleveland trailed by 10 after three and won 104–99.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-5-100+5CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK23272913799
CLE2223242312104
Who led
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 31, 38, 27, 26, 17, 18, 9, 13, 37CLE37 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 17, 8, 18, 13, 23, 15, 6, 20CLE20 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 14, 11, 13, 20, 4, 15, 15, 23NYK23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 12, 14, 2, 17, 8, 0, 15, 21NYK21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Clippers by 22.

ATL over WAS1ORL over BOS3CLE over NYK5NJN over TOR8DAL over GSW9HOU over SEA15LAC over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 73 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Ricky Davis 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.
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 31, 38, 27, 26, 17, 18, 9, 13, 37CLE vs NYK · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 33, 30, 25, 29, 26, 26, 34, 37DAL vs GSW · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 41, 30, 39, 30, 12, 28, 37, 35, 37ORL vs BOS · W
32.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 30, 28, 8, 12, 41, 16, 24, 25GSW @ DAL · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 27, 34, 28, 40, 36, 20, 24, 25BOS @ ORL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 12, 11, 15, 6, 4, 8, 11, 23SEA @ HOU · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 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+9.2 19.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Dion GloverATL+7.1 16.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+6.3 21.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+4.7 14.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jermaine O'NealIND+4.4 25.0 last 10 · 20.6 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.2 9.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Travis BestMIA−5.6 2.8 last 10 · 8.4 season
Steve FrancisHOU−5.3 15.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.9 15.3 last 10 · 20.2 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.7 5.7 last 10 · 10.4 season