FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 29, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed NJN by 9 at halftime and won 90–87.

Final
MIA75
BOS98
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +23
Final
IND89
DET87
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +2
Final
MIL89
MIN95
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +6
Final · OT
ATL83
NOH88
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -7; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +5
Final · OT
ORL85
NYK83
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +2
Final
NJN87
TOR90
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +3
Final
WAS99
CHI74
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +25
Final
SAS72
DEN80
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +8
Final
POR92
UTA99
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +7
Final
DAL95
GSW87
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +8
Final
CLE92
SAC106
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +14
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 · 2002–03Oct 29, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs PHI), 31 points.
The lead · NJN @ TOR

Vince Carter scores 39, Toronto rallies past New Jersey

Toronto trailed by 9 at the half and won 90–87.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-4-9-3+3TOR AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2126202087
TOR1721262690
Who led
Vince CarterTOR39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Antonio DavisTOR12 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinNJN26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kerry KittlesNJN13 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+18.4points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
20.62002–03 avg39Today

39 points today in 40 minutes, against 20.6 a game in 2002–03 (43 games).

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
39.42002–03 avg24.4Last 2

24.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 39.4 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.2minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
6.52002–03 avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 2002–03 (44 games). Line: 18 points, 0 rebounds, 13 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Wizards rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Washington beat Chicago by 25.

IND over DET2ORL over NYK2TOR over NJN3NOH over ATL5MIN over MIL6UTA over POR7DEN over SAS8DAL over GSW8SAC over CLE14BOS over MIA23WAS over CHI25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 39

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.
Vince CarterTOR vs NJN · W
39.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 2 games: 19, 29DAL @ GSW · W
24.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Keith Van HornNYK vs ORL · L
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kenyon MartinNJN @ TOR · L
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyORL @ NYK · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettMIN vs MIL · W
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 21 REB · 6 AST