FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 18, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NJN by 9 after the first quarter and won 98–84.

Final
LAL95
ORL90
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +5
Final
SAC95
IND101
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +6
Final
CLE76
MIN91
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +15
Final
MIL100
DET96
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -8; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +4
Final
SEA104
GSW99
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +5
Final
UTA111
LAC96
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +15
Final
NJN84
DEN98
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +14
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 18, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS @ DAL), 29 points.
The lead · NJN @ DEN

Denver rallies from 9 down to beat New Jersey

Trailing by 9 after one, Denver outscored the Nets 76–53 the rest of the way. Final: 98–84. Raef LaFrentz led Denver with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-9+12+14+14DEN AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3110212284
DEN2231232298
Who led
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 16, 8, 9, 4, 17, 16, 22, 22DEN22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 19, 24, 14, 12, 9, 12, 17, 19DEN19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 26, 19, 18, 14, 14, 21, 7, 17NJN17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Sherman DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 6, 2, 2, 9, 2, 4, 9, 14NJN14 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 59 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · MIL @ DET

Milwaukee fights back from 8 down against Detroit

Final: 100–96, after trailing by 8 at the half. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIL vs DET
Glenn Robinson · MILBen Wallace · DETPTS2418REB621AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 20, 30, 26, 20, 20, 16, 22, 34UTA @ LAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 26, 25, 33, 29, 28, 26, 18, 33LAL @ ORL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 25, 36, 25, 23, 37, 19, 33, 25, 29ORL vs LAL · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 10, 4, 24, 31, 25, 17, 19, 27SAC @ IND · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 19, 41, 41, 26, 33, 26, 26, 26SAC @ IND · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 0, 21, 16, 34, 15, 10, 22, 24GSW vs SEA · L
24.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 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+10.8 21.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+6.3 16.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mike MillerORL+5.3 16.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+4.5 14.4 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
Stephen JacksonNJN−5.1 3.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Rodney RogersPHX−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Lamond MurrayCLE−4.5 7.8 last 10 · 12.3 season