FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 15, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DET by 11 after three quarters and won 125–119.

Final · OT
LAL125
DET119
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -11; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +6
Final
TOR72
NYK88
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +16
Final
SEA108
MIL102
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA -1; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +6
Final
MIN83
DAL103
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +20
Final
NJN106
HOU108
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +2
Final
BOS105
PHX101
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +4
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 15, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Jalen Rose (IND @ ATL), 32 points.
The lead · LAL @ DET

Kobe Bryant scores 39, Lakers rally past Detroit

Lakers trailed by 11 after three and won 125–119. Jerry Stackhouse scored 46 for Detroit in the loss.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+1-5-110+6LAL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL2829223214125
DET273528218119
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 19, 38, 20, 22, 29, 29, 38, 39LAL39 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 34, 26, 26, 25, 33, 29, 28, 26LAL26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 21, 26, 32, 36, 23, 30, 38, 46DET46 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 36, 15, 9, 8, 8, 14, 12, 20DET20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · BOS @ PHX

Boston handles Phoenix by 4

The Celtics won the second quarter 27–18. Final: 105–101. Paul Pierce led Boston with 42 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over NJN2BOS over PHX4LAL over DET6SEA over MIL6NYK over TOR16DAL over MIN20Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.2points, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
6.31999–00 avg20.5Last 2

20.5 points a game over his last two games, against 6.3 in 1999–00 (78 games). Today: 15 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg41.3Today

41 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 46

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 21, 26, 32, 36, 23, 30, 38, 46DET vs LAL · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high46 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 23, 30, 24, 30, 21, 24, 42, 42BOS @ PHX · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high42 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 19, 38, 20, 22, 29, 29, 38, 39LAL @ DET · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 26, 25, 20, 20, 12, 20, 15, 34NJN @ HOU · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 7, 7, 8, 6, 9, 19, 21, 31PHX vs BOS · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 13, 12, 21, 22, 13, 21, 27, 30HOU vs NJN · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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
Richard HamiltonWAS+5.2 21.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+5.2 15.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Shawn MarionPHX+4.6 21.7 last 10 · 17.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+4.4 14.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Rod StricklandPOR−5.4 6.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.2 12.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−4.7 3.9 last 10 · 8.6 season
Felipe LopezMIN−4.5 3.0 last 10 · 7.5 season