FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 21, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed HOU by 10 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
DAL101
NJN98
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
GSW96
LAC85
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +11
Final
DET96
CLE76
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +22; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +20
Final
DEN77
MIN98
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +22; Q3 MIN +26; Q4 MIN +21
Final
MIA101
WAS81
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +20
Final · OT
TOR121
NOH120
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +1
Final
HOU95
SAC100
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +5
Final
ORL67
SEA84
Q1 SEA +14; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +10; Q4 SEA +17
Final · OT
MIL103
LAL104
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
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 21, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs BOS), 48 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

Sacramento turns it around against Houston

From 10 down at the half to a 5-point win: 100–95. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-8-10-5+5SAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2628221995
SAC18262729100
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 20, 22, 18, 18, 11, 25, 17, 29SAC29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 21, 21, 12, 24, 17, 20, 25, 20SAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 9, 16, 6, 15, 4, 9, 10, 23HOU23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 25, 11, 24, 19, 14, 12, 19, 17HOU17 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg6.4Last 3

6.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 63 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg44.9Today

45 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 9 games went past regulation.

TOR over NOH1LAL over MIL1DAL over NJN3SAC over HOU5GSW over LAC11SEA over ORL17DET over CLE20MIA over WAS20MIN over DEN21Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 42

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 CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 32, 26, 28, 19, 32, 24, 30, 42TOR @ NOH · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 13, 10, 23, 25, 18, 17, 13, 32MIL @ LAL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 16, 28, 24, 16, 27, 21, 18, 31LAL vs MIL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 26 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 6, 33, 30, 24, 23, 20, 25, 29NOH vs TOR · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 20, 22, 18, 18, 11, 25, 17, 29SAC vs HOU · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 18, 19, 8, 18, 22, 14, 7, 28GSW @ LAC · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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+8.0 24.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+5.9 18.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.5 25.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.6 9.2 last 10 · 17.8 season
Vin BakerNYK−5.3 5.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongNOH−5.0 5.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−4.6 20.2 last 10 · 24.8 season