FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 3, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 10 at halftime and won 96–93.

Final
ATL80
CLE112
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +22; Q3 CLE +25; Q4 CLE +32
Final
MIL105
ORL97
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +8
Final
TOR70
WAS84
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +14
Final
PHI77
NYK88
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +11
Final
DAL97
MIN121
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +24
Final · OT
CHI97
NOH100
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH -6; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +3
Final
SEA84
SAS88
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +4
Final
LAL96
HOU93
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -9; Q4 LAL +3
Final
NJN74
PHX87
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +13
Final
MEM97
POR88
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +9
Final · OT
IND101
LAC94
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +7
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 3, 2003: 4 games. Top scorer: Jamal Mashburn (NOH @ LAC), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ HOU

Lakers turn it around against Houston

From 10 down at the half to a 3-point win: 96–93. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-10-9+3LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2914193496
HOU2528182293
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 29, 19, 16, 24, 29, 19, 23, 28LAL28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 35, 28, 40, 35, 35, 25, 11, 18LAL18 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 16, 14, 41, 20, 17, 13, 14, 33HOU33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 17, 18, 17, 3, 15, 8, 14, 17HOU17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 32.

NOH over CHI3LAL over HOU3SAS over SEA4IND over LAC7MIL over ORL8MEM over POR9NYK over PHI11PHX over NJN13WAS over TOR14MIN over DAL24CLE over ATL32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 36

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 28, 21, 30, 15, 15, 28, 5, 36NYK vs PHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 25, 23, 4, 8, 8, 27, 11, 34CHI @ NOH · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 16, 14, 41, 20, 17, 13, 14, 33HOU vs LAL · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 33, 29, 23, 25, 24, 24, 33, 32PHX vs NJN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 43, 15, 19, 31, 35, 30, 29, 31ORL vs MIL · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 22, 25, 28, 16, 18, 24, 27, 28MIN vs DAL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 4 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.7 26.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.0 26.4 last 10 · 20.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.7 21.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Yao MingHOU+5.1 22.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−6.4 12.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Devean GeorgeLAL−5.7 2.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.9 9.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−4.5 2.8 last 10 · 7.3 season