FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 13, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by SAC (vs ORL) and LAL (vs BOS).

Final
MIL101
TOR97
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +4
Final
VAN99
ATL109
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +10
Final
CLE79
NYK98
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +19
Final · OT
SAC114
ORL108
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +6
Final
NJN98
DAL122
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +24
Final · 3OT
IND118
HOU127
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU 0; OT3 HOU +9
Final
POR90
SEA99
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +9
Final
BOS107
LAL112
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +5
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 13, 2000: 4 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ DEN), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAL

Lakers beat Boston, 112–107

Lakers led 80–78 after three and won by 5. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist. Paul Pierce scored 42 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · LAL 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+1-5+2+5LAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS22322429107
LAL23263132112
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 23, 34, 26, 26, 25, 33, 29, 28LAL28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Derek FisherLAL26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 24, 23, 30, 24, 30, 21, 24, 42BOS42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 25, 15, 26, 27, 36, 24, 21, 23BOS23 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.7points, today vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
6.31999–00 avg26Today

26 points today in 37 minutes, against 6.3 a game in 1999–00 (78 games).

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg53.9Today

54 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

MIL over TOR4LAL over BOS5SAC over ORL6HOU over IND9SEA over POR9ATL over VAN10NYK over CLE19DAL over NJN24Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 42

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 24, 23, 30, 24, 30, 21, 24, 42BOS @ LAL · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high42 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 16, 24, 17, 16, 21, 35, 11, 39IND @ HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 41, 25, 39, 22, 34, 19, 41, 41, 26, 33SAC @ ORL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 27, 26, 44, 28, 10, 19, 24, 31SEA vs POR · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 42, 16, 15, 27, 23, 14, 32, 29, 29MIL @ TOR · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 17, 14, 5, 11, 17, 16, 10, 28IND @ HOU · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 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
Toni KukocATL+8.4 18.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.9 22.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Brian ShawLAL+5.6 10.7 last 10 · 5.1 season
Fred HoibergCHI+5.3 13.8 last 10 · 8.5 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+4.4 13.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Felipe LopezMIN−5.1 2.4 last 10 · 7.5 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−5.1 18.7 last 10 · 23.8 season
Othella HarringtonNYK−4.9 4.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jason KiddPHX−4.9 10.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season