FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 9, 2001Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 95–85.

Final
CLE84
IND99
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +15
Final
ATL103
PHI108
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +5
Final
WAS72
BOS104
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +32
Final
MIN79
MIA86
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +7
Final
NYK83
NJN96
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +13
Final
CHI75
DET108
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +33
Final
GSW73
DAL102
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +29
Final
PHX95
UTA107
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +22; Q4 UTA +12
Final
TOR110
SEA99
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +11
Final
POR85
VAN95
Q1 VAN -6; Q2 VAN +2; Q3 VAN +2; Q4 VAN +10
Final · OT
SAS93
LAL89
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final
DEN104
SAC110
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +6
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 9, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Larry Hughes (GSW vs LAL), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ VAN

Vancouver upsets Portland

Vancouver (19–43) beat Portland (42–20) 95–85. Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · VAN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+2+2+10VAN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2815271585
VAN2223272395
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 22, 14, 36, 19, 10, 12, 26, 15VAN15 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 0, 0, 6, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13VAN13 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 23, 15, 18, 11, 18, 15, 16, 24POR24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 42, 32, 35, 27, 22, 15, 11, 2, 9, 17POR17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 53 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 53 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg44.0Today

44 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 13 assists.

Second story · MIN @ MIA

Miami tops Minnesota in Miami

Final: 86–79. Anthony Mason led Miami with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over LAL4PHI over ATL5SAC over DEN6MIA over MIN7VAN over POR10TOR over SEA11UTA over PHX12NJN over NYK13IND over CLE15DAL over GSW29BOS over WAS32DET over CHI33Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over MIN.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 47

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: 42, 26, 36, 43, 47, 26, 27, 41, 38, 47PHI vs ATL · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
47 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 41, 25, 39, 22, 34, 19, 41, 41SAC vs DEN · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 33, 19, 38, 20, 22, 29, 29, 38LAL vs SAS · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 29, 26, 16, 24, 17, 16, 21, 35IND vs CLE · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 30, 37, 23, 34, 26, 26, 25, 33LAL vs SAS · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 23, 16, 22, 31, 26, 22, 29, 32DAL vs GSW · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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
Shawn MarionPHX+7.0 23.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Toni KukocATL+6.8 16.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Fred HoibergCHI+6.3 14.8 last 10 · 8.5 season
Vlade DivacSAC+6.2 18.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.8 37.3 last 10 · 31.5 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonNYK−6.4 2.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jason KiddPHX−5.2 9.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season