FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 31, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed WAS by 10 after the first quarter and won 82–79.

Final · Box score
WAS79
TOR82
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR -10; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +3
Final · Box score
MIL93
IND79
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +14
Final · Box score
DET93
MIA81
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +12
Final · Box score
BOS93
MEM91
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +2
Final · Box score
MIN61
NJN84
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +23
Final · Box score
ATL94
CHI100
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +6
Final · Box score
SEA124
LAC105
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +19
Final · Box score
PHI89
SAC100
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +11
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2002–03Oct 31, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (ATL vs UTA), 30 points.
The lead · WAS @ TOR

Toronto climbs out of a 10-point hole against Washington

Down 10 after one, the Raptors won the fourth quarter 29–19 and the game 82–79. Vince Carter led Toronto with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-10-7+3TOR AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2116231979
TOR1116262982
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 2 games: 39, 26TOR26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 2 games: 3, 17TOR17 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Kwame BrownPoints, last 2 games: 8, 16WAS16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 2 games: 18, 16WAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.4points, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Points per game
18.12002–03 avg37.5Last 2

37.5 points a game over his last two games, against 18.1 in 2002–03 (77 games). Today: 50 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.6minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
35.92002–03 avg12.3Last 2

12.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.9 in 2002–03 (82 games). Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
11.12002–03 avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 2002–03 (39 games). Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New Jersey by 23.

BOS over MEM2TOR over WAS3CHI over ATL6SAC over PHI11DET over MIA12MIL over IND14SEA over LAC19NJN over MIN23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Rashard Lewis leads the day with 50

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Rashard LewisPoints, last 2 games: 25, 50SEA @ LAC · W
37.5 PPG season to date
Career high50 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 2 games: 22, 28SAC vs PHI · W
25.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 2 games: 26, 27PHI @ SAC · L
26.5 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 2 games: 8, 27DET @ MIA · W
17.5 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 2 games: 39, 26TOR vs WAS · W
32.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 2 games: 10, 26NJN vs MIN · W
18.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST