FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 26, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed UTA by 11 at halftime and won 98–90.

Final
MIL78
PHI90
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +12
Final · OT
DEN109
CHI104
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +5
Final
LAL83
PHX104
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +20; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +21
Final
DAL98
UTA90
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -11; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +8
Final
LAC96
POR104
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +8
Final
CLE86
SEA104
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +12; Q4 SEA +18
Final · OT
NYK89
GSW87
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
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 26, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ MIN), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ UTA

Michael Finley scores 33, Dallas rallies past Utah

Dallas trailed by 11 at the half and won 98–90.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final00-11-2+8DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1817293498
UTA1828202490
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 25, 22, 20, 24, 16, 31, 33DAL33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 22, 25, 14, 34, 15, 30, 27, 27DAL27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 20, 16, 22, 34, 13, 24, 15, 21UTA21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 0, 15, 24, 22, 12, 12, 16, 17UTA17 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 7 games went past regulation.

NYK over GSW2DEN over CHI5DAL over UTA8POR over LAC8PHI over MIL12SEA over CLE18PHX over LAL21Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 68 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 70 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 41

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 34, 15, 10, 22, 24, 23, 34, 41GSW vs NYK · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 43, 47, 26, 27, 41, 38, 47, 11, 28, 36PHI vs MIL · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 12, 9, 12, 17, 19, 17, 32, 35DEN @ CHI · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 25, 22, 20, 24, 16, 31, 33DAL @ UTA · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 16, 12, 18, 18, 13, 30, 29, 30CHI vs DEN · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 22, 25, 14, 34, 15, 30, 27, 27DAL @ UTA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 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+10.7 21.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+7.4 17.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Al HarringtonIND+6.8 14.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Mike MillerORL+6.6 18.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Rick FoxLAL+6.4 15.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Rodney RogersPHX−4.9 6.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Lorenzen WrightATL−4.8 7.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−4.8 8.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.5 4.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Lindsey HunterMIL−4.4 5.7 last 10 · 10.1 season