FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 20, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 4 at halftime and won 112–110.

Final · Box score
Sixers85
Pistons113
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +21; Q3 DET +30; Q4 DET +28
Final · OT · Box score
Spurs112
Mavs110
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 Spurs 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final · Box score
Lakers99
Kings107
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +8
On this day · 2001–02Mar 20, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Heat), 38 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Mavs

San Antonio flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Ben Wallace goes for 22 rebounds

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-4+60+2SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Spurs2326332010112
Mavs213223268110
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 21, 18, 25, 18, 24, 22, 27, 25SAS25 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 21, 10, 13, 17, 11, 25, 21, 22SAS22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 3, 10, 7, 26, 12, 17, 7, 35DAL35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28, 34DAL34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Lakers-Kings

Sacramento handles Lakers by 8

The Kings won the fourth quarter 41–31. Final: 107–99. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DAL2SAC over LAL8DET over PHI28Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over LAL.
The night in charts
Spurs-Mavs combined for 222, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-MavsSpurs 112, Mavs 110
222
Lakers-KingsLakers 99, Kings 107
206
Sixers-PistonsSixers 85, Pistons 113
198
SAS won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Spurs-MavsSpurs 112, Mavs 110
+2 SAS
Lakers-KingsLakers 99, Kings 107
+8 SAC
Sixers-PistonsSixers 85, Pistons 113
+28 DET
SAS rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-MavsSAS won · Spurs 112, Mavs 110
4 pts
Lakers-KingsSAC won · Lakers 99, Kings 107
2 pts
Rose shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RoseSAS · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST
71% (10-14)
BillupsDET · 29 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST
69% (9-13)
ManuSAS · 17 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
DuncanSAS · 25 PTS, 18 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK
61% (11-18)
BibbySAC · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Spurs-Mavs
Spurs 112Mavs 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Spurs2326332010112
Mavs213223268110
The story
Tim Duncan had 25 points and 18 rebounds as San Antonio beat Dallas 112-110 in OT

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 34 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 18 REB, 4 AST, 4 BLK · 11-18 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Spurs took the third 33-23.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +2−4+60+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Kings
Lakers 99Kings 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers1725263199
Kings25202141107
The story
Sacramento beat Los Angeles 107-99 behind 26 points and 11 rebounds from Chris Webber

Kobe Bryant paced Los Angeles: 34 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 11-25 FG

The swing

A 41-31 fourth quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +8+3−2+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shaquille O'Neal topped the game at 56.6 FPTS: 28 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST

Final · Sixers-Pistons
Sixers 85Pistons 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers1820182985
Pistons29302727113
The story
Chauncey Billups' 29 points carried Detroit past Philadelphia, 113-85

For Philadelphia, Derrick Coleman had 19 PTS, 11 REB 29 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 9-13 FG, 6-8 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-18, was where the Pistons built it.

DET lead by quarter
300 +11+21+30+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 35

Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 3, 10, 7, 26, 12, 17, 7, 35Mavs-Spurs · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 30, 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34Lakers-Kings · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28, 34Mavs-Spurs · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 33, 21, 21, 31, 33, 25, 19, 26, 29Pistons-Sixers · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 40, 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28Lakers-Kings · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 25, 24, 16, 22, 26, 24, 13, 26Kings-Lakers · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chauncey BillupsDET+9.3 25.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+7.8 17.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Allan HoustonNYK+6.5 29.4 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+5.7 14.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Malik RoseSAS+5.1 14.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Chris WhitneyORL−6.2 1.5 last 10 · 7.7 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.5 15.0 last 10 · 20.5 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.8 14.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Steve FrancisHOU−4.4 17.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Matt HarpringUTA−4.1 13.6 last 10 · 17.7 season