FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 16, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed CHH by 7 at halftime and won 114–109.

Final
ATL97
IND103
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +6
Final
SAC100
PHI79
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +21
Final
LAL101
WAS89
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +12
Final
CHH109
CLE114
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +5
Final
VAN99
ORL103
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +4
Final
SEA90
CHI80
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +10
Final
NJN86
SAS95
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +9
Final
BOS87
DEN83
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +4
Final
UTA87
POR90
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +3
Final
GSW76
LAC94
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +20; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +18
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 16, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ WAS), 40 points.
The lead · CHH @ CLE

Cleveland takes care of Charlotte

A 5-point win, 114–109. Matt Harpring led Cleveland with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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+2-70+5CLE AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH21352825109
CLE23263530114
Who led
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 6, 16, 6, 11, 16, 11, 19, 28CLE28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 12, 8, 7, 13, 15, 7, 7, 14CLE14 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 17, 22, 21, 18, 17, 14, 20, 26CHH26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 23, 13, 27, 16, 15, 28, 23, 23CHH23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Philadelphia by 21.

POR over UTA3ORL over VAN4BOS over DEN4CLE over CHH5IND over ATL6SAS over NJN9SEA over CHI10LAL over WAS12LAC over GSW18SAC over PHI21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Points per game
6.31999–00 avg17.3Last 3

17.3 points a game over his last three games, against 6.3 in 1999–00 (78 games). Today: 11 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jason Terry leads the day with 31

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.
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 26, 9, 21, 20, 25, 19, 22, 31ATL @ IND · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 26, 19, 22, 16, 29, 28, 23, 29SAS vs NJN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 16, 21, 7, 16, 17, 13, 15, 29ORL vs VAN · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 6, 16, 6, 11, 16, 11, 19, 28CLE vs CHH · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 43, 47, 26, 27, 41, 38, 47, 11, 28PHI vs SAC · L
31.1 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 34, 19, 41, 41, 26, 33, 26, 26SAC @ PHI · W
27.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 5 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+8.9 18.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Mike MillerORL+5.4 16.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+5.2 15.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+5.2 21.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+5.1 15.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Rod StricklandPOR−5.5 5.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.2 12.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Felipe LopezMIN−4.5 3.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Othella HarringtonNYK−4.5 4.7 last 10 · 9.2 season