FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 15, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 8 after three quarters and won 103–99.

Final
MIA103
TOR99
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA +4
Final
IND109
NYK93
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +16
Final
PHI106
CHI115
Q1 CHI +17; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +9
Final
MEM86
HOU97
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +11
Final
PHX102
POR120
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +28; Q4 POR +18
Final
DEN104
LAL126
Q1 LAL +18; Q2 LAL +28; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +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 15, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs SEA), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ TOR

Miami fights back late to top Toronto

Toronto led 77–69 after three. Miami won the fourth 34–22 and the game 103–99. Rasual Butler led Miami with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3-8+4MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA19292134103
TOR2625262299
Who led
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 15, 3, 7, 6, 11, 10, 10, 19MIA19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 2, 3, 7, 19, 3, 8, 0, 15MIA15 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 13, 11, 18, 9, 11, 16, 22, 33TOR33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 5, 11, 5, 3, 14, 20, 19, 19TOR19 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 79 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 81 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg46.4Today

46 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · IND @ NYK

Indiana beats New York, 109–93

Indiana led 79–68 after three and won by 16. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over TOR4CHI over PHI9HOU over MEM11IND over NYK16POR over PHX18LAL over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NYK.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 42

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 42, 24, 8, 24, 37, 25, 20, 30, 42PHI @ CHI · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high42 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 25, 7, 19, 33, 26, 19, 22, 33CHI vs PHI · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 13, 11, 18, 9, 11, 16, 22, 33TOR vs MIA · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 55, 14, 29, 19, 21, 26, 14, 34, 36, 32LAL vs DEN · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 28, 19, 15, 15, 20, 24, 10, 31CHI vs PHI · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 13, 12, 3, 4, 11, 31, 4, 27POR vs PHX · W
8.4 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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+10.9 21.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+6.6 22.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Dion GloverATL+6.4 16.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ira NewbleATL+6.0 13.8 last 10 · 7.8 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.0 14.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.2 9.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Steve FrancisHOU−5.3 15.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Travis BestMIA−5.1 3.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Michael FinleyDAL−4.8 14.7 last 10 · 19.5 season
Brad MillerIND−4.7 8.4 last 10 · 13.1 season