FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 3, 2004Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed POR by 3 after the first quarter and won 94–81.

Final
NYK86
PHI75
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +11
Final
GSW103
CLE100
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +3
Final
MIA97
CHI83
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +14
Final
PHX103
DAL124
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +21
Final
NOH94
POR81
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +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 · 2002–03Apr 3, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ DAL), 31 points.
The lead · NOH @ POR

New Orleans handles Portland by 13

The Hornets won the second quarter 28–22. Final: 94–81. P.J. Brown led New Orleans with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+3+15+13NOH AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2228281694
POR2522161881
Who led
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 6, 12, 6, 8, 6, 13, 10, 24NOH24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 13, 23, 17, 12, 22, 12, 12, 22NOH22 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 16, 20, 13, 25, 19, 18, 18, 17POR17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 8, 16, 6, 10, 10, 31, 18, 14POR14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 78 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · PHX @ DAL

Dallas routs Phoenix by 21

Dallas led by 12 at halftime and won 124–103. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over CLE3NYK over PHI11NOH over POR13MIA over CHI14DAL over PHX21Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over PHX.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 35

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 28, 12, 16, 20, 8, 25, 25, 35GSW @ CLE · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 15, 25, 16, 41, 18, 28, 20, 34CLE vs GSW · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 30, 22, 25, 25, 35, 27, 34DAL vs PHX · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 21, 19, 4, 21, 11, 23, 26, 26CLE vs GSW · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 6, 12, 6, 8, 6, 13, 10, 24NOH @ POR · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 4, 18, 13, 16, 5, 4, 11, 23GSW @ CLE · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 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
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+5.7 14.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−6.4 10.6 last 10 · 17.0 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