FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 24, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 6 after the first quarter and won 100–90.

Final · Box score
Grizzlies110
Magic104
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final · Box score
Raptors90
Knicks100
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +10
Final · Box score
Mavs108
Nuggets96
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +12
Final · Box score
Sonics82
Suns73
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +9
Final · Box score
Celtics91
Jazz96
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +5
Final · Box score
Rockets108
Clippers90
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +18
On this day · 2001–02Mar 24, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Jamal Mashburn (Hornets-Pacers), 36 points.
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The lead · Raptors-Knicks

New York gets past Toronto

Tracy McGrady goes for 34 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+7+10NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2821152690
Knicks22282129100
Who led
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 10, 26, 9, 13, 12, 9, 20, 23NYK23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 17, 28, 50, 36, 29, 19, 19, 20NYK20 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 12, 8, 4, 22, 16, 6, 10, 23TOR23 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 21, 16, 28, 15, 27, 30, 22, 21TOR21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Celtics-Jazz

Utah makes it four straight

Utah beat Boston 96–91 and moved to 41–29. Matt Harpring led Utah with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · UTA
Lvs SAC105–108L@ DAL77–101W@ MIA83–73W@ ORL111–108L@ IND81–101L@ CLE95–122Wvs DEN99–81W@ PHX99–86Wvs LAC88–73Wvs BOS96–91
The night in charts
Grizzlies-Magic combined for 214, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Grizzlies-MagicGrizzlies 110, Magic 104
214
Mavs-NuggetsMavs 108, Nuggets 96
204
Rockets-ClippersRockets 108, Clippers 90
198
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 90, Knicks 100
190
Celtics-JazzCeltics 91, Jazz 96
187
Sonics-SunsSonics 82, Suns 73
155
UTA won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Celtics-JazzCeltics 91, Jazz 96
+5 UTA
Grizzlies-MagicGrizzlies 110, Magic 104
+6 MEM
Sonics-SunsSonics 82, Suns 73
+9 SEA
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 90, Knicks 100
+10 NYK
Mavs-NuggetsMavs 108, Nuggets 96
+12 DAL
Rockets-ClippersRockets 108, Clippers 90
+18 HOU
NYK rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Raptors-KnicksNYK won · Raptors 90, Knicks 100
6 pts
Celtics-JazzUTA won · Celtics 91, Jazz 96
3 pts
Grizzlies-MagicMEM won · Grizzlies 110, Magic 104
3 pts
Sonics-SunsSEA won · Sonics 82, Suns 73
2 pts
Hilario shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HilarioDEN · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
82% (9-11)
LewisSEA · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
75% (12-16)
OdomLAC · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
72% (13-18)
Antonio DavisTOR · 23 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
HarpringUTA · 25 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
65% (11-17)
Final · Celtics-Jazz
Celtics 91Jazz 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2824162391
Jazz2722242396
The story
Karl Malone's 19 points and 12 rebounds carried Utah past Boston, 96-91

For Boston, Paul Pierce had 24 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST 19 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 4 STL · 5-16 FG

The swing

The Jazz trailed by 3 going into the third, then won it 24-16.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −1−3+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Magic
Grizzlies 110Magic 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies31292822110
Magic34272221104
The story
Jason Williams had 17 points and 15 assists as Memphis beat Orlando 110-104

Pat Garrity led Orlando with 19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 15 AST, 5 REB · 7-15 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the second, the Grizzlies took the third 28-22.

MEM lead by quarter
200 −3−1+5+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Nuggets
Mavs 108Nuggets 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs33321825108
Nuggets3020222496
The story
Dallas beat Denver 108-96 behind 25 points from Dirk Nowitzki

Nene Hilario paced Denver: 23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 6-23 FG, 1-8 3PT

The swing

A 32-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +3+15+11+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Rodney White topped the game at 48.9 FPTS: 17 PTS, 12 REB, 10 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 60 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 34

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 48, 37, 43, 43, 32, 34, 36, 39, 37, 34Magic-Grizzlies · L
32.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 12, 17, 26, 25, 12, 13, 11, 30Clippers-Rockets · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 9, 30, 28, 24, 25, 18, 7, 29Sonics-Suns · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 17, 27, 22, 9, 28, 13, 21, 26Grizzlies-Magic · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 37, 27, 18, 34, 28, 34, 27, 25Mavs-Nuggets · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 24, 22, 16, 24, 20, 27, 25Nuggets-Mavs · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chauncey BillupsDET+7.4 23.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM+6.8 16.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jamal CrawfordCHI+6.1 15.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Tracy McGradyORL+6.1 38.3 last 10 · 32.2 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.0 24.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Cold
Ricky DavisCLE−6.0 14.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.3 11.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.6 14.4 last 10 · 19.0 season
Voshon LenardTOR−4.3 10.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Chris WhitneyORL−4.1 3.6 last 10 · 7.7 season