FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 3, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 7 after the first quarter and won 100–95.

Final
LAL98
VAN88
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final
HOU95
DAL100
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +5
Final · 2OT
CHI122
MIL126
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +4
Final
ATL95
SAS124
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +29
Final
DEN82
PHX97
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +15
Final
GSW91
POR122
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +30; Q4 POR +31
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 3, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs IND), 31 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dallas handles Houston by 5

The Mavericks won the fourth quarter 29–18. Final: 100–95. Michael Finley led Dallas with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+1-6+5DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2720301895
DAL20282329100
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 17, 26, 22, 19, 23, 23, 16, 27DAL27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 17, 25, 25, 23, 16, 22, 31, 26DAL26 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 9, 13, 13, 16, 16, 17, 13, 27HOU27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 35, 19, 12, 17, 14, 21, 29, 21HOU21 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DEN @ PHX

Phoenix beats Denver, 97–82

Phoenix led 70–61 after three and won by 15. Clifford Robinson led Phoenix with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over CHI4DAL over HOU5LAL over VAN10PHX over DEN15SAS over ATL29POR over GSW31Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.3Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 60 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg51.9Today

52 minutes today, against 27.8 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists.

Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 40

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 6, 22, 20, 18, 14, 17, 16, 23, 40MIL vs CHI · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 38, 35, 29, 22, 30, 37, 23, 34LAL @ VAN · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 15, 22, 17, 22, 24, 21, 21, 31CHI @ MIL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 18, 24, 23, 6, 45, 19, 19, 31MIL vs CHI · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fred HoibergPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 20, 8, 22, 14, 18, 7, 8, 28CHI @ MIL · L
8.4 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 9, 13, 13, 16, 16, 17, 13, 27HOU @ DAL · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 13 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
Shawn MarionPHX+5.3 21.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Fred HoibergCHI+5.1 13.5 last 10 · 8.4 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−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Eric SnowPHI−4.0 6.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
David WesleyCHH−3.9 13.8 last 10 · 17.7 season