FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 4, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed SEA by 3 after three quarters and won 119–111.

Final
ORL84
DET93
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +9
Final
NYK88
TOR98
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +10
Final
CHH116
BOS97
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +16; Q3 CHH +22; Q4 CHH +19
Final
NJN120
IND96
Q1 NJN +13; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +24
Final
UTA118
WAS98
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +23; Q4 UTA +20
Final · OT
SEA111
MIN119
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +8
Final
MIA91
CLE79
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +12
Final
GSW95
LAL110
Q1 LAL +27; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +15
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 4, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NJN @ HOU), 35 points.
The lead · SEA @ MIN

Minnesota pulls away in overtime to beat Seattle

Level at 103 after 48 minutes, Minnesota won overtime 16–8. Final: 119–111. Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Gary Payton scored 44 for Seattle in the loss.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-1-30+8MIN AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SEA262924248111
MIN2529222716119
Who led
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 10, 13, 20, 14, 17, 22, 7, 27MIN27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 31, 16, 23, 23, 23, 18, 24, 26MIN26 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 27, 26, 44SEA44 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 0, 15, 16, 6, 8, 12, 0, 16SEA16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.6Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.6 in 55 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg37.9Today

38 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ORL @ DET

Detroit leads Orlando wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 93–84. Best quarter: the first, 36–26. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over SEA8DET over ORL9TOR over NYK10MIA over CLE12LAL over GSW15CHH over BOS19UTA over WAS20NJN over IND24Final margin, points. Pink = DET over ORL.
Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 44

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.
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 27, 26, 44SEA @ MIN · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 27, 19, 17, 23, 25, 15, 26, 27BOS vs CHH · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 10, 13, 20, 14, 17, 22, 7, 27MIN vs SEA · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 26, 32, 16, 12, 24, 23, 13, 27CHH @ BOS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 17, 11, 26, 18, 21, 13, 16, 27NYK @ TOR · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 31, 16, 23, 23, 23, 18, 24, 26MIN vs SEA · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 9 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−6.0 3.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.7 5.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−4.4 4.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Felipe LopezMIN−4.3 3.3 last 10 · 7.6 season