FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 8, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed SAC by 8 at halftime and won 94–86.

Final
ORL81
NJN101
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +20
Final
UTA94
DAL117
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +23
Final
MIN94
SAC86
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN +8
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 8, 2003: 11 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND @ CHI), 38 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAC

Minnesota climbs out of an 8-point hole against Sacramento

Down 8 at the half, the Timberwolves won the fourth quarter 33–17 and the game 94–86. Sam Cassell led Minnesota with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-8-8+8MIN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN1920223394
SAC2225221786
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 6, 9, 15, 24, 7, 13, 36, 29MIN29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 24, 16, 17, 27, 27, 22, 14, 24MIN24 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 17, 18, 23, 14, 22, 19, 24, 21SAC21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 27, 12, 21, 14, 23, 8, 13, 19SAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 74 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg44.8Today

45 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ORL @ NJN

New Jersey rolls past Orlando, 101–81

The Magic were held to 14 points in the fourth quarter. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over SAC8NJN over ORL20DAL over UTA23Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over ORL.
Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 29

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 6, 9, 15, 24, 7, 13, 36, 29MIN @ SAC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 22, 25, 25, 35, 27, 34, 23, 27DAL vs UTA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 15, 20, 21, 5, 16, 22, 17, 25DAL vs UTA · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 24, 16, 17, 27, 27, 22, 14, 24MIN @ SAC · W
24.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 17, 18, 23, 14, 22, 19, 24, 21SAC vs MIN · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 28, 35, 24, 28, 18, 20, 25, 21NJN vs ORL · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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+10.1 17.0 last 10 · 6.9 season
Bob SuraATL+9.2 16.2 last 10 · 7.0 season
Chris CrawfordATL+9.2 18.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Rodney RogersNJN+7.9 15.6 last 10 · 7.7 season
James PoseyMEM+6.6 20.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.9 8.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Jason KiddNJN−5.1 10.6 last 10 · 15.7 season