FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 2, 2004Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MIA by 15 after the first quarter and won 89–86.

Final
LAL93
ATL94
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +1
Final
TOR89
MIA86
Q1 TOR -15; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +3
Final
SEA96
DAL107
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +11
Final
NJN95
DEN91
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -6; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +4
Final
LAC106
SAC113
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +7
Final
IND96
GSW88
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +8
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 · 2002–03Mar 2, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS @ TOR), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

Toronto storms back from 15 down to beat Miami

The Raptors trailed by 15 after one and won 89–86. Vince Carter led Toronto with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-20+3TOR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1537261189
MIA302424886
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 11, 18, 22, 29, 19, 21, 22, 27TOR27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 18, 17, 18, 13, 20, 19, 18, 24TOR24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 18, 6, 10, 21, 25, 10, 22, 23MIA23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 6, 10, 24, 11, 11, 21, 25, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · NJN @ DEN

New Jersey fights back from 8 down against Denver

Final: 95–91, after trailing by 8 after one. Kerry Kittles led New Jersey with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NJN vs DEN
Kerry Kittles · NJNCarmelo Anthony · DENPTS3426REB56AST45Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg44.0Today

44 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 35

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 25, 15, 23, 19, 20, 30, 12, 35DAL vs SEA · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 10, 19, 14, 15, 11, 11, 7, 34NJN @ DEN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 23, 15, 19, 21, 16, 16, 19, 32LAC @ SAC · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 11, 18, 22, 29, 19, 21, 22, 27TOR @ MIA · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Chris WebberSAC vs LAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 28, 35, 16, 26, 35, 26, 25, 26DEN vs NJN · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Stephen JacksonATL+6.1 21.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.0 26.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.5 24.0 last 10 · 18.5 season
Derek AndersonPOR+4.6 18.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−5.9 8.5 last 10 · 14.4 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.4 3.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−4.8 2.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−4.3 14.8 last 10 · 19.1 season