FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 14, 2004Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by TOR (vs MIL) and IND (vs CHI) and SAS (vs DEN).

Final
ATL132
BOS137
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +5
Final
PHI89
ORL95
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +6
Final
NOH94
WAS78
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +18; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +16
Final
NJN84
MIA96
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +12
Final
CLE100
NYK90
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +10
Final
CHI96
IND101
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +5
Final
MIN107
MEM90
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +21; Q3 MIN +27; Q4 MIN +17
Final
TOR89
MIL87
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +2
Final
DEN67
SAS93
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +26
Final
PHX89
UTA84
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +5
Final
DAL92
HOU89
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +3
Final · 2OT
LAL105
POR104
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +1
Final
SAC91
GSW97
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +6
Final
SEA118
LAC87
Q1 SEA +14; Q2 SEA +24; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +31
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 14, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs SEA), 39 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIL

Toronto rallies from 8 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 8 after three, Toronto outscored the Bucks 22–12 the rest of the way. Final: 89–87. Vince Carter led Toronto with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-10-8+2TOR AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2825142289
MIL2924221287
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 21, 18, 32, 15, 18, 30, 19, 23TOR23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 2, 10, 13, 26, 5, 8, 27, 22TOR22 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 10, 18, 16, 18, 27, 10, 25, 27MIL27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Brian SkinnerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 12, 8, 18, 19, 10, 15, 13, 5, 16MIL16 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 68 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Seattle by 31.

LAL over POR1TOR over MIL2DAL over HOU3BOS over ATL5IND over CHI5PHX over UTA5ORL over PHI6GSW over SAC6CLE over NYK10MIA over NJN12NOH over WAS16MIN over MEM17SAS over DEN26SEA over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 37

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33, 8, 45, 37LAL @ POR · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 27, 24, 4, 14, 8, 50, 14, 31CHI @ IND · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 15, 31, 20, 19, 23, 29, 29, 29PHX @ UTA · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 25, 35, 19, 15, 11, 24, 13, 28GSW vs SAC · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Marcus BanksPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 2, 13, 24, 0, 4, 6, 7, 28BOS vs ATL · W
5.9 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 12, 23, 14, 20, 10, 20, 4, 2, 27NYK vs CLE · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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
Chris CrawfordATL+10.8 21.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Stephen JacksonATL+9.2 27.3 last 10 · 18.1 season
Bob SuraATL+8.6 16.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
James PoseyMEM+7.2 20.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Tyronn LueORL+6.3 16.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−9.0 7.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jason KiddNJN−6.1 9.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Brad MillerSAC−5.6 8.5 last 10 · 14.1 season