FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 3, 2004Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed POR by 3 after the first quarter and won 94–81.

Final · Box score
Knicks86
Sixers75
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +11
Final · Box score
Warriors103
Cavs100
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +3
Final · Box score
Heat97
Bulls83
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +14
Final · Box score
Suns103
Mavs124
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +21
Final · Box score
Hornets94
Blazers81
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +13
On this day · 2002–03Apr 3, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers-Mavs), 31 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Blazers

New Orleans handles Portland by 13

LeBron James goes for 34 points

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+3+15+13NOH AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets2228281694
Blazers2522161881
Who led
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 6, 12, 6, 8, 6, 13, 10, 24NOH24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 13, 23, 17, 12, 22, 12, 12, 22NOH22 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 16, 20, 13, 25, 19, 18, 18, 17POR17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 8, 16, 6, 10, 10, 31, 18, 14POR14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Suns-Mavs13
Heat-Bulls5
Hornets-Blazers2
Knicks-Sixers1
The night in charts
Suns-Mavs combined for 227, 24 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-MavsSuns 103, Mavs 124
227
Warriors-CavsWarriors 103, Cavs 100
203
Heat-BullsHeat 97, Bulls 83
180
Hornets-BlazersHornets 94, Blazers 81
175
Knicks-SixersKnicks 86, Sixers 75
161
GSW won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Warriors-CavsWarriors 103, Cavs 100
+3 GSW
Knicks-SixersKnicks 86, Sixers 75
+11 NYK
Hornets-BlazersHornets 94, Blazers 81
+13 NOH
Heat-BullsHeat 97, Bulls 83
+14 MIA
Suns-MavsSuns 103, Mavs 124
+21 DAL
NOH rallied from 3 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-BlazersNOH won · Hornets 94, Blazers 81
3 pts
Suns-MavsDAL won · Suns 103, Mavs 124
1 pt
Jamison shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JamisonDAL · 22 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL
80% (8-10)
P.J. BrownNOH · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
79% (11-14)
MilesPOR · 14 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
DunleavyGSW · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST
69% (9-13)
RichardsonGSW · 35 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 2 BLK
67% (12-18)
Final · Warriors-Cavs
Warriors 103Cavs 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors29271829103
Cavs22262131100
The story
Mike Dunleavy had 23 points as Golden State beat Cleveland 103-100

Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 17 PTS, 8 REB 23 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 9-13 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Warriors won the first 29-22, their biggest quarter edge.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +7+8+5+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Sixers
Knicks 86Sixers 75
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2527181686
Sixers1820231475
The story
Stephon Marbury's 20 points and 12 assists carried New York past Philadelphia, 86-75

For Philadelphia, Kenny Thomas had 13 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST 20 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB · 7-17 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 25-18, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +7+14+9+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Samuel Dalembert was the fantasy play: 56.8 FPTS on 14 REB, 13 PTS

Final · Suns-Mavs
Suns 103Mavs 124
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns32212228103
Mavs31342534124
The story
Dallas beat Phoenix 124-103 behind 34 points from Dirk Nowitzki

Shawn Marion paced Phoenix: 20 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 34 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 14-22 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

A 34-21 second quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
300 −1+12+15+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 49 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 78 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 25.9 a game in 76 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Suns-Mavs

Dallas routs Phoenix by 21

Dallas led by 12 at halftime and won 124–103. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over CLE3NYK over PHI11NOH over POR13MIA over CHI14DAL over PHX21Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over PHX.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 35

Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 28, 12, 16, 20, 8, 25, 25, 35Warriors-Cavs · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 15, 25, 16, 41, 18, 28, 20, 34Cavs-Warriors · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 21, 30, 22, 25, 25, 35, 27, 34Mavs-Suns · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 21, 19, 4, 21, 11, 23, 26, 26Cavs-Warriors · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 6, 12, 6, 8, 6, 13, 10, 24Hornets-Blazers · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 4, 18, 13, 16, 5, 4, 11, 23Warriors-Cavs · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Lucious HarrisNJN+8.7 15.5 last 10 · 6.8 season
Rodney RogersNJN+7.4 14.7 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.8 24.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Caron ButlerMIA+5.7 14.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−6.4 10.6 last 10 · 17.0 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.1 3.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.6 13.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
Donyell MarshallTOR−5.3 9.3 last 10 · 14.6 season