FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 6, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 17 after the first quarter and won 97–83.

Final
MIN95
CHH89
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +6
Final
IND83
NYK97
Q1 NYK -17; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +14
Final
CLE74
CHI87
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +13
Final
PHX93
DEN82
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +11
Final
TOR91
SAC98
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +7
Final
VAN105
POR97
Q1 VAN -3; Q2 VAN -4; Q3 VAN -4; Q4 VAN +8
Final
SAS101
SEA73
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +28
Final
LAL97
GSW85
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
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 6, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ LAC), 61 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

New York storms back from 17 down to beat Indiana

The Knicks trailed by 17 after one and won 97–83. Kurt Thomas led New York with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-1+6+14NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3019201483
NYK1335272297
Who led
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 12, 6, 10, 4, 16, 10, 17, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 11, 26, 18, 21, 13, 16, 27, 16NYK16 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 8, 11, 18, 15, 11, 7, 10, 18IND18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 19, 15, 29, 26, 16, 24, 17, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Seattle by 28, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIN over CHH6SAC over TOR7VAN over POR8PHX over DEN11LAL over GSW12CHI over CLE13NYK over IND14SAS over SEA28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 29

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 38, 18, 25, 33, 19, 38, 20, 22, 29LAL @ GSW · W
29.4 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 27, 26, 44, 28SEA vs SAS · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 38, 35, 29, 22, 30, 37, 23, 34, 26, 26LAL @ GSW · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 27, 22, 14, 36, 19, 10, 12, 26VAN @ POR · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 11, 20, 16, 4, 18, 3, 17, 25TOR @ SAC · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 18, 4, 7, 8, 9, 9, 3, 25GSW vs LAL · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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+7.2 19.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.6 37.7 last 10 · 31.1 season
Shawn MarionPHX+6.0 22.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Fred HoibergCHI+5.3 13.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonNYK−6.4 3.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.5 6.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−4.4 4.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Felipe LopezMIN−4.3 3.3 last 10 · 7.6 season