FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 21, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed LAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 107–100.

Final
SAS97
BOS77
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +20
Final
ORL95
IND96
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +1
Final
TOR95
CHH111
Q1 CHH -7; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +21; Q4 CHH +16
Final
CHI81
MIA109
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +27; Q4 MIA +28
Final
LAL100
MIL107
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +7
Final
DAL97
MIN109
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +12
Final
WAS99
GSW94
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +5
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 21, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET @ SEA), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Lakers

Lakers led by 10 after one. Milwaukee won it 107–100. Sam Cassell led Milwaukee with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Shaquille O'Neal scored 36 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-10-4+4+7MIL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25192432100
MIL15253235107
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 40, 20, 24, 7, 20, 21, 20, 21, 27MIL27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 10, 21, 32, 18, 21, 20, 24, 26MIL26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 33, 29, 28, 26, 18, 33, 27, 36LAL36 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 0, 18, 21, 13, 13, 15, 17, 19LAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Miami by 28.

IND over ORL1WAS over GSW5MIL over LAL7MIN over DAL12CHH over TOR16SAS over BOS20MIA over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg12.5Last 3

12.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 37

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 24, 30, 21, 24, 42, 42, 14, 37BOS vs SAS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 33, 29, 28, 26, 18, 33, 27, 36LAL @ MIL · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 29, 32, 22, 25, 14, 34, 15, 30DAL @ MIN · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 16, 17, 13, 15, 29, 8, 17, 29ORL @ IND · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 22, 13, 21, 24, 24, 28, 21, 28MIN vs DAL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 7, 17, 12, 25, 40, 13, 20, 25, 28WAS @ GSW · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 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+11.9 22.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Al HarringtonIND+6.4 13.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Derek AndersonSAS+5.6 21.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Mike MillerORL+5.5 16.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+5.4 22.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonGSW−5.6 18.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.0 6.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Rasheed WallacePOR−4.7 14.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Rodney RogersPHX−4.6 7.3 last 10 · 11.9 season