FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 15, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MIL by 15 at halftime and won 98–94.

Final · Box score
Hornets86
Magic96
Q1 Magic 0; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +10
Final · Box score
Heat82
Wizards89
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 Wizards 0; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +7
Final · Box score
Celtics81
Pistons71
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +10
Final · Box score
Lakers98
Bucks94
Q1 Lakers 0; Q2 LAL -15; Q3 Lakers 0; Q4 LAL +4
Final · Box score
Warriors94
Sonics88
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +6
On this day · 2001–02Mar 15, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (Celtics-Grizzlies), 38 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Bucks

Lakers erase 15-point lead, steal one from Milwaukee

Paul Pierce goes for 33 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-150+4LAL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2920232698
Bucks293582294
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24LAL24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21, 30, 20LAL20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 19, 9, 16, 10, 22, 4, 19, 21MIL21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 28, 25, 15, 24, 28, 26, 24, 20MIL20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Warriors-Sonics

Golden State takes care of Seattle

A 6-point win, 94–88. Antawn Jamison led Golden State with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over MIL4GSW over SEA6WAS over MIA7ORL over NOH10BOS over DET10Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over SEA.
The night in charts
Lakers-Bucks combined for 192, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-BucksLakers 98, Bucks 94
192
Hornets-MagicHornets 86, Magic 96
182
Warriors-SonicsWarriors 94, Sonics 88
182
Heat-WizardsHeat 82, Wizards 89
171
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 81, Pistons 71
152
LAL won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Lakers-BucksLakers 98, Bucks 94
+4 LAL
Warriors-SonicsWarriors 94, Sonics 88
+6 GSW
Heat-WizardsHeat 82, Wizards 89
+7 WAS
Hornets-MagicHornets 86, Magic 96
+10 ORL
Celtics-PistonsCeltics 81, Pistons 71
+10 BOS
LAL erased a 15-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-BucksLAL won · Lakers 98, Bucks 94
15 pts
Warriors-SonicsGSW won · Warriors 94, Sonics 88
3 pts
Brian Grant shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Brian GrantMIA · 16 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
P.J. BrownNOH · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
ReddMIL · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
WesleyNOH · 24 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
JamisonGSW · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
56% (10-18)
Final · Lakers-Bucks
Lakers 98Bucks 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2920232698
Bucks293582294
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 24 points and 11 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Milwaukee 98-94

Sam Cassell led Milwaukee with 20 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST 24 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 9-23 FG

The swing

Down 15 after the second, the Lakers took the third 23-8.

LAL lead by quarter
200 0−150+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Sonics
Warriors 94Sonics 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2621212694
Sonics2919182288
The story
Antawn Jamison's 26 points carried Golden State past Seattle, 94-88

For Seattle, Ray Allen had 21 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST · 10-18 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 26-22, was where the Warriors built it.

GSW lead by quarter
200 −3−1+2+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Rashard Lewis was the fantasy play: 50.1 FPTS on 28 PTS, 8 REB

Final · Celtics-Pistons
Celtics 81Pistons 71
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2424132081
Pistons1522201471
The story
Boston beat Detroit 81-71 behind 17 points from Antoine Walker

Chauncey Billups paced Detroit: 19 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 17 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST · 7-16 FG, 1-8 3PT

The swing

A 24-15 first quarter did the most damage for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +9+11+4+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 37

Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 24, 21, 20, 15, 5, 31, 24, 37Wizards-Heat · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 28, 26, 48, 37, 43, 43, 32, 34Magic-Hornets · W
32.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 22, 16, 31, 24, 10, 21, 22, 33Celtics-Pistons · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 11, 10, 17, 14, 12, 9, 30, 28Sonics-Warriors · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 22, 11, 22, 40, 12, 23, 20, 26Warriors-Sonics · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24Lakers-Bucks · W
26.3 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 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+7.0 22.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
J.R. BremerBOS+5.7 13.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.0 23.2 last 10 · 18.2 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.9 23.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−6.5 1.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.0 15.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.9 12.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Samaki WalkerLAL−4.1 1.0 last 10 · 5.1 season
Morris PetersonTOR−3.9 10.2 last 10 · 14.1 season