FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 2, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DET by 14 after three quarters and won 97–93.

Final
SEA86
IND83
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +3
Final
WAS102
PHI107
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +5
Final
CHH105
ATL99
Q1 CHH -6; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH -8; Q4 CHH +6
Final
UTA99
BOS103
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
CLE94
ORL120
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +28; Q4 ORL +26
Final
NJN90
TOR107
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +17
Final · OT
MIA97
DET93
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -14; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +4
Final
NYK72
CHI81
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
MIN89
DEN71
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +18
Final
SAC81
LAC88
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +7
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 · 1999–00Mar 2, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (NYK vs MIL), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ DET

Miami outlasts Detroit in overtime

85–85 at the end of regulation. Miami took the last extra period 12–8. Final: 97–93. Eddie Jones led Miami with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Chucky Atkins scored 36 for Detroit in the loss.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-6-140+4MIA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA201717311297
DET23202517893
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 18, 14, 11, 16, 16, 0, 22, 25MIA25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 18, 14, 12, 3, 4, 22, 20, 17MIA17 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 3, 3, 8, 16, 12, 3, 11, 36DET36 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 30, 40, 28, 32, 22, 35, 28, 21DET21 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 49 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Magic rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Cleveland by 26.

SEA over IND3BOS over UTA4MIA over DET4PHI over WAS5CHH over ATL6LAC over SAC7CHI over NYK9TOR over NJN17MIN over DEN18ORL over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 41

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 49, 40, 42, 26, 36, 43, 47, 26, 27, 41PHI vs WAS · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 6, 33, 39, 38, 19, 32, 32, 38TOR vs NJN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 35, 32, 44, 32, 25, 36, 25, 36ORL vs CLE · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 3, 3, 8, 16, 12, 3, 11, 36DET vs MIA · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 16, 17, 18, 14, 29, 23, 15, 34WAS @ PHI · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 27, 19, 22, 39, 26, 25, 24, 31SAC @ LAC · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Vlade DivacSAC+7.5 19.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.6 37.7 last 10 · 31.1 season
Jason TerryATL+6.1 25.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.3 21.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.1 25.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonNYK−6.5 3.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.2 5.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.7 6.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Eric SnowPHI−4.0 6.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
David WesleyCHH−3.9 13.8 last 10 · 17.7 season