FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 17, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed UTA by 10 after the first quarter and won 85–81.

Final
DEN100
BOS104
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +4
Final
POR71
IND80
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +9
Final
SAC108
WAS114
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +6
Final
UTA81
TOR85
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +4
Final
PHI80
NOH104
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +24
Final
ATL111
DAL110
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +25; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +1
Final
ORL85
GSW110
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +25
Final
LAL106
LAC103
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +3
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 17, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ LAC), 42 points.
The lead · UTA @ TOR

Toronto climbs out of a 10-point hole against Utah

Down 10 after one, the Raptors won the fourth quarter 26–14 and the game 85–81. Vince Carter led Toronto with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-5-8+4TOR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2416271481
TOR1421242685
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 27, 16, 32, 26, 28, 19, 32, 24TOR24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 6, 11, 13, 21, 11, 19, 23, 17TOR17 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 12, 9, 24, 21, 10, 33, 11, 25UTA25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 11, 19, 10, 15, 20, 10, 3, 20UTA20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg29.2Last 5

29.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 70 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg44.2Today

44 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 25.

ATL over DAL1LAL over LAC3BOS over DEN4TOR over UTA4WAS over SAC6IND over POR9NOH over PHI24GSW over ORL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Stephen Jackson 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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 19, 30, 11, 42, 18, 39, 36ATL @ DAL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kwame BrownPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 6, 10, 6, 7, 13, 13, 21, 30WAS vs SAC · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 22, 13, 22, 12, 13, 7, 16, 30DAL vs ATL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 25, 24, 13, 23, 30, 21, 37, 28BOS vs DEN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 21, 18, 26, 21, 8, 34, 28DAL vs ATL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 26, 28, 23, 40, 30, 28, 27, 27WAS vs SAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 10 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+8.7 25.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+8.3 29.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.1 25.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Hedo TurkogluSAS+5.4 14.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.4 9.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.0 5.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Brian CardinalGSW−4.8 4.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season