FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 22, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SEA by 12 at halftime and won 91–88.

Final
SAS115
ATL101
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +14
Final
VAN95
CLE109
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +14
Final
BOS113
NJN98
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +15
Final
POR101
UTA99
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +2
Final
PHX91
SEA88
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +3
Final
HOU92
LAC97
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +5
Final
DET98
SAC103
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +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 22, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs TOR), 44 points.
The lead · PHX @ SEA

Phoenix turns it around against Seattle

From 12 down at the half to a 3-point win: 91–88. Jason Kidd led Phoenix with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-4-12-7+3PHX AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2117262791
SEA2525211788
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 6, 9, 19, 21, 31, 32, 36, 20PHX20 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 23, 24, 17, 26, 18, 13, 24, 20PHX20 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 24, 17, 6, 9, 2, 5, 18, 19SEA19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 19, 24, 31, 22, 24, 19, 29, 18SEA18 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ UTA

Portland takes over late to edge Utah

Down 7 after three, Portland won the fourth 31–22. Final: 101–99. Scottie Pippen led Portland with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over UTA2PHX over SEA3LAC over HOU5SAC over DET5SAS over ATL14CLE over VAN14BOS over NJN15Final margin, points. Pink = POR over UTA.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 44

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: 30, 24, 30, 21, 24, 42, 42, 14, 37, 44BOS @ NJN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 20, 25, 19, 22, 31, 20, 36, 32ATL vs SAS · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 23, 30, 38, 46, 31, 16, 29, 31DET @ SAC · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 22, 24, 22, 16, 7, 30, 16, 30HOU @ LAC · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 41, 41, 26, 33, 26, 26, 26, 28, 29SAC vs DET · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 36, 24, 21, 23, 20, 21, 13, 29BOS @ NJN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 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+9.8 20.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Al HarringtonIND+6.4 13.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Paul PierceBOS+5.6 30.8 last 10 · 25.2 season
Mike MillerORL+5.5 16.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonGSW−5.6 18.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.2 5.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Terrell BrandonMIN−4.4 11.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Andre MillerCLE−4.2 11.2 last 10 · 15.4 season