FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 31, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed WAS by 9 at halftime and won 103–99.

Final
POR105
BOS98
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +7
Final
MIL78
IND111
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +26; Q4 IND +33
Final
CHI109
ORL91
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +18
Final · OT
NJN103
WAS99
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN -7; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final
MIA100
ATL97
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +3
Final
LAC99
DET108
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +9
Final
GSW85
TOR78
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +7
Final
SEA83
MIN90
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final
SAC89
SAS107
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +18
Final
NOH76
UTA89
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +13
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 31, 2003: 4 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ ORL), 42 points.
The lead · NJN @ WAS

New Jersey rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

Washington led 50–41 at the break. It was 93–93 after regulation, and New Jersey won the extra time 10–6. Final: 103–99. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 28 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-9-70+4NJN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN2417252710103
WAS27232320699
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 19, 25, 22, 20, 28, 35, 24, 28NJN28 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 1, 5, 21, 19, 15, 19, 18, 24NJN24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 27, 13, 0, 11, 11, 27, 30, 29WAS29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 0, 8, 23, 30, 12, 18, 32, 22WAS22 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.9Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.9 in 22 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 76 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · POR @ BOS

Portland beats Boston, 105–98

Portland led 78–70 after three and won by 7. Darius Miles led Portland with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over ATL3NJN over WAS4POR over BOS7GSW over TOR7MIN over SEA7DET over LAC9UTA over NOH13CHI over ORL18SAS over SAC18IND over MIL33Final margin, points. Pink = POR over BOS.
Top performances

Darius Miles leads the day with 31

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.
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 20, 5, 8, 16, 6, 10, 10, 31POR @ BOS · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 39, 36, 17, 17, 20, 7, 27, 28, 29ATL vs MIA · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 16, 15, 26, 4, 17, 9, 21, 29SAS vs SAC · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 27, 13, 0, 11, 11, 27, 30, 29WAS vs NJN · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 19, 25, 22, 20, 28, 35, 24, 28NJN @ WAS · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 13, 15, 20, 14, 17, 15, 18, 28DET vs LAC · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Lucious HarrisNJN+6.9 13.4 last 10 · 6.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.5 23.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.9 24.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 29.3 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.6 9.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.0 14.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Dion GloverTOR−5.0 4.3 last 10 · 9.3 season