FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 23, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed CHH by 6 after the first quarter and won 93–90.

Final
VAN75
IND95
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +31; Q4 IND +20
Final
ATL86
TOR112
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +35; Q4 TOR +26
Final
NJN95
NYK86
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +14; Q4 NJN +9
Final
DEN90
MIN101
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +11
Final · OT
CHH90
CHI93
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +3
Final
ORL103
MIL115
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +12
Final
PHI71
PHX84
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +13
Final
WAS91
LAL104
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +13
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 23, 2000: 4 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU vs LAC), 34 points.
The lead · CHH @ CHI

Ron Mercer scores 30, Chicago wins in overtime

Tied 84–84 after regulation. Final: 93–90.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-1+20+3CHI AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHH28171821690
CHI22222119993
Who led
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 2, 20, 16, 12, 18, 18, 13, 30CHI30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 21, 31, 14, 15, 20, 18, 0, 26CHI26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 16, 15, 28, 23, 23, 12, 27, 25CHH25 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 23, 10, 9, 14, 6, 10, 9, 20CHH20 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · NJN @ NYK

New Jersey upsets New York

New Jersey (23–48) beat New York (41–26) 95–86. Johnny Newman led New Jersey with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over CHH3NJN over NYK9MIN over DEN11MIL over ORL12PHX over PHI13LAL over WAS13IND over VAN20TOR over ATL26Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg46.8Today

47 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 40

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 29, 28, 26, 18, 33, 27, 36, 40LAL vs WAS · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 17 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 37, 19, 33, 25, 29, 12, 25, 33ORL @ MIL · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 13, 21, 24, 24, 28, 21, 28, 30MIN vs DEN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 2, 20, 16, 12, 18, 18, 13, 30CHI vs CHH · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 16, 26, 16, 16, 21, 22, 12, 29NYK vs NJN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 28, 32, 25, 24, 22, 33, 23, 29TOR vs ATL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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+9.8 20.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Mike MillerORL+7.2 18.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Al HarringtonIND+7.1 14.6 last 10 · 7.5 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+6.2 16.4 last 10 · 10.2 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
Rodney RogersPHX−4.8 7.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
Antonio McDyessDEN−4.5 16.5 last 10 · 21.0 season