FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 23, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed DET by 12 after the first quarter and won 82–81.

Final
PHX103
CLE86
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +17
Final
TOR86
MEM95
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +9
Final
SAS81
MIN86
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +5
Final
DET81
NOH82
Q1 NOH -12; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH -5; Q4 NOH +1
Final
NJN84
CHI81
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +3
Final
WAS77
UTA85
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MIL112
SAC101
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +11
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 23, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (GSW vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · DET @ NOH

New Orleans rallies from 12 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 12 after one, New Orleans outscored the Pistons 61–48 the rest of the way. Final: 82–81. David Wesley led New Orleans with 19 points, 0 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-12-1-5+1NOH AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET3312171981
NOH2123132582
Who led
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 19, 8, 9, 6, 13, 12, 0, 19NOH19 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 10, 18, 5, 19, 13, 23, 17NOH17 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 21, 10, 7, 13, 15, 20, 14, 17DET17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ben WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 7, 12, 4, 8, 13, 10, 2, 13DET13 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · NJN @ CHI

New Jersey takes over late to edge Chicago

Down 3 after three, New Jersey won the fourth 23–17. Final: 84–81. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over DET1NJN over CHI3MIN over SAS5UTA over WAS8MEM over TOR9MIL over SAC11PHX over CLE17Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over CHI.
Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 34

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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 8, 25, 11, 17, 5, 25, 9, 34CHI vs NJN · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 17, 23, 20, 19, 18, 18, 21, 31PHX @ CLE · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 26, 28, 19, 32, 24, 30, 42, 30TOR @ MEM · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 14, 27, 24, 12, 22, 21, 17, 29MEM vs TOR · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 29, 20, 20, 20, 28, 17, 20, 27MIN vs SAS · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 21, 12, 24, 17, 20, 25, 20, 27SAC vs MIL · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 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+7.9 24.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+6.3 19.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chucky AtkinsBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Vince CarterTOR+5.5 27.9 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.9 9.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Vin BakerNYK−4.9 5.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.7 14.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Antoine WalkerDAL−4.7 9.8 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brian CardinalGSW−4.6 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season