FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 14, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 114–104.

Final
DET96
WAS103
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +7
Final
VAN95
CHH100
Q1 CHH -3; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +5
Final
ORL97
CLE87
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +10
Final
SAC104
MIA114
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +10
Final · OT
MIN100
SAS106
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +6
Final
PHI85
CHI67
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +24; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +18
Final
IND83
DEN95
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +12
Final
PHX84
POR79
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +5
Final
UTA102
GSW83
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +19
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 14, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ NYK), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIA

Miami climbs back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 12 after one. Miami won it 114–104. Anthony Mason led Miami with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+8+9+10MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC35142926104
MIA23343027114
Who led
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 3, 14, 23, 19, 25, 22, 13, 25MIA25 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 14, 6, 20, 23, 16, 22, 24, 23MIA23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 22, 34, 19, 41, 41, 26, 33, 26SAC26 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 13, 11, 19, 8, 9, 14, 7, 24SAC24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Utah by 19.

CHH over VAN5PHX over POR5SAS over MIN6WAS over DET7ORL over CLE10MIA over SAC10DEN over IND12PHI over CHI18UTA over GSW19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Richard Hamilton 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.
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 23, 15, 34, 7, 17, 12, 25, 40WAS vs DET · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 28, 21, 26, 32, 36, 23, 30, 38DET @ WAS · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 18, 12, 27, 10, 22, 14, 17, 37DEN vs IND · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 6, 12, 25, 16, 29, 21, 11, 30SAS vs MIN · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 22, 15, 11, 2, 9, 17, 19, 29POR vs PHX · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 22, 34, 19, 41, 41, 26, 33, 26SAC @ MIA · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 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
Toni KukocATL+8.4 18.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Brian ShawLAL+5.6 10.7 last 10 · 5.1 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+5.2 21.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+5.1 15.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Shawn MarionPHX+4.5 21.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Felipe LopezMIN−5.9 1.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.4 6.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Stephon MarburyNJN−5.1 18.7 last 10 · 23.8 season
Othella HarringtonNYK−4.9 4.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season