FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 29, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by PHX (vs HOU) and WAS (vs GSW).

Final
GSW100
WAS116
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +16
Final
IND93
ATL104
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +11
Final
MIA96
MIL104
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +8
Final
UTA88
SAS106
Q1 SAS +18; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +18
Final
BOS106
CHI104
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +2
Final
PHX90
HOU85
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +5
Final
NYK68
VAN89
Q1 VAN +11; Q2 VAN +15; Q3 VAN +28; Q4 VAN +21
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 29, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Dickerson (VAN vs LAL), 32 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Jason Kidd scores 43 as Phoenix beats Houston

Phoenix won 90–85. Jason Kidd: 43 points, 9 rebounds, 4 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 Q3Final0-5-10-1+5PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2119272390
HOU2624181785
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 31, 32, 36, 20, 12, 22, 29, 43PHX43 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 11, 6, 2, 0, 2, 14, 14, 11PHX11 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 16, 16, 17, 13, 27, 0, 11, 20HOU20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Moochie NorrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 28, 17, 0, 3, 4, 7, 2, 15HOU15 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 2 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
34.71999–00 avg19.0Last 2

19.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.7 in 1999–00 (79 games). Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Vancouver by 21.

BOS over CHI2PHX over HOU5MIL over MIA8ATL over IND11WAS over GSW16SAS over UTA18VAN over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Jason Kidd leads the day with 43

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.
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 31, 32, 36, 20, 12, 22, 29, 43PHX @ HOU · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 13, 20, 25, 28, 23, 20, 31, 41WAS vs GSW · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 15, 10, 22, 24, 23, 34, 41, 31GSW @ WAS · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 23, 17, 20, 19, 18, 21, 26, 30VAN vs NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 29, 25, 20, 15, 18, 26, 34, 29SAS vs UTA · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 31, 20, 36, 32, 13, 10, 24, 28ATL vs IND · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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
Jason KiddPHX+9.8 26.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+9.2 26.6 last 10 · 17.4 season
Toni KukocATL+8.5 19.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Paul PierceBOS+6.9 32.5 last 10 · 25.6 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+6.8 17.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Sean ElliottSAS−5.0 3.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Rod StricklandPOR−4.9 5.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Howard EisleyDAL−4.9 4.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Bryon RussellUTA−4.6 7.9 last 10 · 12.5 season