FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 28, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 83–82.

Final
MIA74
PHI89
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +15
Final
PHX82
SAS83
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +1
Final
DAL93
LAL109
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +16
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · PHX @ SAS

San Antonio rallies from 9 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 9 after one, San Antonio outscored the Suns 64–54 the rest of the way. Final: 83–82. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-4-1+1SAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2814261482
SAS1919291683
Who led
Tim DuncanSAS24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Malik RoseSAS12 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPHX24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPHX20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIA @ PHI

Philadelphia leads Miami wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 89–74. Best quarter: the first, 24–19. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over PHX1PHI over MIA15LAL over DAL16Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
6.92002–03 avg16Today

16 points today in 35 minutes, against 6.9 a game in 2002–03 (71 games).

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
8.62002–03 avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 2002–03 (58 games). Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−14.6points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
14.62002–03 avg0Today

0 points today in 8 minutes, against 14.6 a game in 2002–03 (49 games).

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 26

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 IversonPHI vs MIA · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Tim DuncanSAS vs PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPHX @ SAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonLAL vs DAL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shawn MarionPHX @ SAS · L
20.0 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiDAL @ LAL · L
19.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST