FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 2, 2004Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed ORL by 19 at halftime and won 95–87.

Final
ATL95
ORL87
Q1 ATL -17; Q2 ATL -19; Q3 ATL -8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
GSW106
BOS111
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +5
Final
TOR64
IND84
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +20
Final
MIA84
DET92
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +8
Final
PHX99
MEM109
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +10
Final
WAS73
MIN91
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +18
Final
NYK83
NJN108
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +25
Final · OT
LAC110
CHI114
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +4
Final
CLE89
MIL107
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +18
Final
HOU100
DEN110
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +10
Final
SAS94
UTA81
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +13
Final
LAL97
SEA86
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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 · 2002–03Apr 2, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ MEM), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ ORL

Bob Sura drops 32 in 19-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 19 at the half. Final: 95–87.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-19-8+8ATL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1324312795
ORL3026201187
Who led
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 16, 19, 7, 23, 15, 23, 14, 32ATL32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 36, 17, 17, 20, 7, 27, 28, 29, 21ATL21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 18, 21, 20, 11, 24, 16, 26, 33ORL33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 10, 12, 10, 12, 2, 8, 12, 18ORL18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 66 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: New Jersey by 25.

CHI over LAC4BOS over GSW5ATL over ORL8DET over MIA8MEM over PHX10DEN over HOU10LAL over SEA11SAS over UTA13MIN over WAS18MIL over CLE18IND over TOR20NJN over NYK25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Corey Maggette 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.
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 25, 31, 22, 25, 17, 21, 5, 34LAC @ CHI · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 18, 21, 20, 11, 24, 16, 26, 33ORL vs ATL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 28, 17, 18, 34, 11, 21, 23, 32BOS vs GSW · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 16, 19, 7, 23, 15, 23, 14, 32ATL @ ORL · W
7.0 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 16, 10, 17, 12, 6, 38, 32MEM vs PHX · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 20, 6, 18, 11, 4, 11, 21, 31DET vs MIA · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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+8.7 15.5 last 10 · 6.8 season
Rodney RogersNJN+7.4 14.7 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.8 24.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Caron ButlerMIA+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.5 9.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.1 3.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.6 13.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
Donyell MarshallTOR−5.3 9.3 last 10 · 14.6 season