FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 30, 2003Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by PHX (vs CLE) and NOH (vs ORL).

Final
LAC100
SEA109
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +2; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +9
Final
NOH100
ORL98
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +2
Final
DEN85
HOU102
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +17
Final
CLE86
PHX95
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +9
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 30, 2002: 14 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ IND), 39 points.
The lead · NOH @ ORL

New Orleans holds off Orlando, 100–98

New Orleans led 84–78 after three and held on to win by two. David Wesley led New Orleans with 28 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-1+6+2NOH AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH27233416100
ORL2724272098
Who led
David WesleyPoints, last 2 games: 16, 28NOH28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 2 games: 7, 27NOH27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 2 games: 26, 33ORL33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 2 games: 16, 16ORL16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.2points, today vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
7.82002–03 avg22Today

22 points today in 34 minutes, against 7.8 a game in 2002–03 (53 games).

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
23.22002–03 avg8.0Last 2

8.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.2 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
14.72002–03 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 2002–03 (65 games). Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · CLE @ PHX

Phoenix gets past Cleveland

95–86, with Phoenix ahead 53–49 at halftime. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over ORL2SEA over LAC9PHX over CLE9HOU over DEN17Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over CLE.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 33

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 2 games: 26, 33ORL vs NOH · L
29.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 2 games: 16, 28NOH @ ORL · W
22.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 2 games: 7, 27NOH @ ORL · W
17.0 PPG season to date
Career high27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 2 games: 10, 25PHX vs CLE · W
17.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Rashard LewisSEA vs LAC · W
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 2 games: 24, 24PHX vs CLE · W
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST