FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 13, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed DAL by 2 after the first quarter and won 107–100.

Final · Box score
Celtics75
Nets90
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +14; Q4 NJN +15
Final · Box score
Kings84
Suns109
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +25
Final · Box score
Mavs100
Sonics107
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 Sonics 0; Q4 SEA +7
On this day · 2001–02Mar 13, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Suns), 35 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Sonics

Rashard Lewis posts 30 and 10 as Seattle beats Dallas

Chris Webber goes for 22 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+40+7SEA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs26292322100
Sonics24351929107
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 15, 11, 10, 17, 14, 12, 9, 30SEA30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 21, 29, 40, 29, 24, 24, 14, 29SEA29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 26, 36, 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27DAL27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 18, 15, 6, 0, 3, 10, 7, 26DAL26 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
The night in charts
Mavs-Sonics combined for 207, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-SonicsMavs 100, Sonics 107
207
Kings-SunsKings 84, Suns 109
193
Celtics-NetsCeltics 75, Nets 90
165
SEA won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Mavs-SonicsMavs 100, Sonics 107
+7 SEA
Celtics-NetsCeltics 75, Nets 90
+15 NJN
Kings-SunsKings 84, Suns 109
+25 PHX
Lewis shot 12-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LewisSEA · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
Van ExelDAL · 26 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
Lucious HarrisNJN · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
63% (10-16)
Ray AllenSEA · 29 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB
61% (11-18)
MarionPHX · 27 PTS, 11 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
61% (11-18)
Final · Mavs-Sonics
Mavs 100Sonics 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs26292322100
Sonics24351929107
The story
Ray Allen's 29 points carried Seattle past Dallas, 107-100

For Dallas, Nick Van Exel had 26 PTS 29 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 11-18 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 29-22, was where the SuperSonics built it.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −2+40+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Nets
Celtics 75Nets 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics1819211775
Nets2027251890
The story
New Jersey beat Boston 90-75 behind 13 points and 12 assists from Jason Kidd

Eric Williams paced Boston: 12 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 13 PTS, 12 AST, 8 REB, 3 STL · 4-11 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 27-19 second quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

NJN lead by quarter
200 +2+10+14+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Paul Pierce topped the game at 46.8 FPTS: 22 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST

Final · Kings-Suns
Kings 84Suns 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings1923251784
Suns20293129109
The story
Shawn Marion had 27 points and 11 rebounds as Phoenix beat Sacramento 109-84

Mike Bibby led Sacramento with 20 PTS, 3 AST 27 PTS, 11 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST · 11-18 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Suns won the fourth 29-17, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
300 +1+7+13+25 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · Celtics-Nets

New Jersey never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 90–75. Lucious Harris led New Jersey with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over DAL7NJN over BOS15PHX over SAC25Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over BOS.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis leads the day with 30

Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 15, 11, 10, 17, 14, 12, 9, 30Sonics-Mavs · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 21, 29, 40, 29, 24, 24, 14, 29Sonics-Mavs · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 26, 36, 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27Mavs-Sonics · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 18, 17, 23, 17, 22, 10, 17, 27Suns-Kings · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 7, 41, 14, 35, 33, 28, 14, 26Suns-Kings · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 18, 15, 6, 0, 3, 10, 7, 26Mavs-Sonics · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stromile SwiftMEM+7.5 16.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+7.3 22.5 last 10 · 15.2 season
Malik RoseSAS+5.7 15.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.5 13.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.9 23.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−5.4 2.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.5 17.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.2 13.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.1 1.2 last 10 · 5.3 season