FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 10, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Clippers86
Hawks95
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +9
Final · Box score
Jazz83
Heat73
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +10
Final · Box score
Wolves92
Mavs83
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +9
On this day · 2001–02Mar 10, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers-Knicks), 40 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Hawks

Atlanta beats Clippers, 95–86

Kevin Garnett goes for 31 points

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+6+11+9ATL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers1821232486
Hawks2322282295
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 30, 23, 22, 26ATL26 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Dion GloverPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 13, 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 9, 14ATL14 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 21, 17, 24, 14, 17, 25, 19LAC19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Melvin ElyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 6, 4, 6, 5, 4, 4, 7, 13LAC13 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wolves-Mavs

Minnesota leads Dallas wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 92–83. Best quarter: the fourth, 27–28. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 31 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over LAC9MIN over DAL9UTA over MIA10Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over DAL.
The night in charts
Clippers-Hawks combined for 181, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-HawksClippers 86, Hawks 95
181
Wolves-MavsWolves 92, Mavs 83
175
Jazz-HeatJazz 83, Heat 73
156
MIN won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Wolves-MavsWolves 92, Mavs 83
+9 MIN
Clippers-HawksClippers 86, Hawks 95
+9 ATL
Jazz-HeatJazz 83, Heat 73
+10 UTA
KG shot 14-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KGMIN · 31 PTS, 18 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
70% (14-20)
ElyLAC · 13 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
ButlerMIA · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
57% (8-14)
SzczerbiakMIN · 27 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
53% (9-17)
Abdur-RahimATL · 26 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
50% (8-16)
Final · Wolves-Mavs
Wolves 92Mavs 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2423182792
Mavs1122222883
The story
Wally Szczerbiak had 27 points as Minnesota beat Dallas 92-83

Troy Hudson added 11 AST, 9 PTS, 4 REB 27 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB · 9-17 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves won the first 24-11, their biggest quarter edge.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +13+14+10+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Hawks
Clippers 86Hawks 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers1821232486
Hawks2322282295
The story
Shareef Abdur-Rahim's 26 points and 15 rebounds carried Atlanta past Los Angeles, 95-86

For Los Angeles, Corey Maggette had 19 PTS, 6 REB 26 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 8-16 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 23-18, was where the Hawks built it.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +5+6+11+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Heat
Jazz 83Heat 73
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz1524271783
Heat1218271673
The story
Utah beat Miami 83-73 behind 29 points and 13 rebounds from Karl Malone

Caron Butler paced Miami: 24 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 29 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST · 10-22 FG

The swing

A 24-18 second quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +3+9+9+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 65 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 37

Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 29, 26, 36, 28, 24, 21, 21, 37Mavs-Wolves · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 34, 24, 20, 22, 22, 27, 15, 29, 31Wolves-Mavs · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 19, 19, 20, 23, 25, 16, 29Jazz-Heat · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 12, 25, 26, 7, 16, 8, 18, 27Wolves-Mavs · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 30, 23, 22, 26Hawks-Clippers · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 13, 17, 24, 20, 15, 16, 11, 24Heat-Jazz · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chauncey BillupsDET+6.1 21.0 last 10 · 14.9 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.8 13.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Michael JordanWAS+5.4 25.1 last 10 · 19.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tracy McGradyORL+4.7 36.4 last 10 · 31.7 season
Cold
Steve FrancisHOU−5.2 16.9 last 10 · 22.1 season
Chris WhitneyORL−4.8 3.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.7 16.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
Tyrone HillPHI−4.3 1.4 last 10 · 5.8 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−4.1 9.6 last 10 · 13.7 season