FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 17, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAS by 13 at halftime and won 103–99.

Final
DET106
ATL90
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +16
Final
WAS93
CHH95
Q1 CHH +11; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +2
Final
VAN81
MIA95
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +14
Final
CHI80
NYK101
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +21
Final
PHX99
DAL109
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +10
Final
SAS99
HOU103
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -13; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +4
Final
PHI78
MIL87
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +9
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 17, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ DET), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ HOU

Steve Francis scores 30 in Houston win over San Antonio

Final: 103–99. Steve Francis added 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-5-13-1+4HOU AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2424232899
HOU19163533103
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 21, 31, 22, 24, 22, 16, 7, 30HOU30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 12, 21, 22, 13, 21, 27, 30, 26HOU26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 19, 22, 16, 29, 28, 23, 29, 25SAS25 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 6, 19, 12, 11, 14, 18, 14, 22SAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · PHI @ MIL

Milwaukee tops Philadelphia in Milwaukee

Final: 87–78. Tim Thomas led Milwaukee with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHH over WAS2HOU over SAS4MIL over PHI9DAL over PHX10MIA over VAN14DET over ATL16NYK over CHI21Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over PHI.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 26, 22, 29, 32, 22, 25, 14, 34DAL vs PHX · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 7, 8, 6, 9, 19, 21, 31, 32PHX @ DAL · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 26, 32, 36, 23, 30, 38, 46, 31DET @ ATL · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 21, 31, 22, 24, 22, 16, 7, 30HOU vs SAS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 19, 24, 26, 12, 16, 20, 25, 29ATL vs DET · L
10.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 17, 10, 19, 12, 16, 6, 18, 28DAL vs PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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+10.8 21.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+5.8 16.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mike MillerORL+5.4 16.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+5.1 15.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+4.5 14.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Rod StricklandPOR−5.5 5.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Rodney RogersPHX−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Felipe LopezMIN−4.5 3.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−4.4 4.1 last 10 · 8.5 season