FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 25, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed ATL by 3 at halftime and won 108–91.

Final · Box score
Warriors103
Cavs124
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +21
Final · Box score
Lakers108
Hawks91
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +17
Final · Box score
Heat91
Wolves108
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +17
Final · Box score
Bucks94
Spurs107
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +13
Final · Box score
Wizards95
Blazers91
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +4
On this day · 2001–02Mar 25, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Bonzi Wells (Blazers-Grizzlies), 34 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Hawks

Shaquille O'Neal scores 31 as Lakers win in Atlanta

Ricky Davis goes for 28 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3+7+17LAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers30183129108
Hawks2823211991
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48, 32, 31LAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34, 13, 31, 28LAL28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 17, 19, 23, 27, 18, 37, 23, 22ATL22 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 29, 33, 20, 13, 22, 22, 18, 15ATL15 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Wizards-Blazers

Washington leads Portland wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 95–91. Best quarter: the second, 24–24. Michael Jordan led Washington with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over POR4SAS over MIL13LAL over ATL17MIN over MIA17CLE over GSW21Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over POR.
The night in charts
Warriors-Cavs combined for 227, 26 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-CavsWarriors 103, Cavs 124
227
Bucks-SpursBucks 94, Spurs 107
201
Lakers-HawksLakers 108, Hawks 91
199
Heat-WolvesHeat 91, Wolves 108
199
Wizards-BlazersWizards 95, Blazers 91
186
WAS won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Wizards-BlazersWizards 95, Blazers 91
+4 WAS
Bucks-SpursBucks 94, Spurs 107
+13 SAS
Lakers-HawksLakers 108, Hawks 91
+17 LAL
Heat-WolvesHeat 91, Wolves 108
+17 MIN
Warriors-CavsWarriors 103, Cavs 124
+21 CLE
Szczerbiak shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SzczerbiakMIN · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
DuncanSAS · 31 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
75% (12-16)
KGMIN · 26 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 2 BLK
67% (10-15)
Ricky DavisCLE · 28 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
65% (13-20)
LueWAS · 21 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
Final · Wizards-Blazers
Wizards 95Blazers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2324242495
Blazers1524232991
The story
Michael Jordan had 25 points as Washington beat Portland 95-91

Bonzi Wells led Portland with 20 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST 25 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB · 11-19 FG

The swing

The Wizards won the first 23-15, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +8+8+9+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Hawks
Lakers 108Hawks 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers30183129108
Hawks2823211991
The story
Los Angeles beat Atlanta 108-91 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Kobe Bryant

Shareef Abdur-Rahim paced Atlanta: 15 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 28 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 11-21 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 31-21 third quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +2−3+7+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Cavs
Warriors 103Cavs 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors27321925103
Cavs36243133124
The story
Carlos Boozer's 19 points and 14 rebounds carried Cleveland past Golden State, 124-103

For Golden State, Jason Richardson had 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST · 8-13 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 31-19, was where the Cavaliers built it.

CLE lead by quarter
300 +9+1+13+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg36.2Last 5

36.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg5.6Last 3

5.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 31

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 18, 24, 22, 27, 25, 29, 27, 31Spurs-Bucks · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 24, 26, 24, 42, 28, 48, 32, 31Lakers-Hawks · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 21, 30, 20, 26, 34, 13, 31, 28Lakers-Hawks · W
30.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 18, 19, 28, 11, 9, 12, 4, 28Cavs-Warriors · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 29, 31, 17, 23, 17, 29, 24, 26Wolves-Heat · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 18, 27, 12, 15, 20, 16, 14, 26Wolves-Heat · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Malik RoseSAS+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.7 9.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ricky DavisCLE−5.7 14.5 last 10 · 20.2 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