FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 31, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed WAS by 9 after the first quarter and won 96–86.

Final
HOU96
WAS86
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -8; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DEN88
ATL99
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +11
Final
MIA97
CHI90
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +7
Final
MIL86
SAS77
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +9
Final
CLE97
LAC104
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +7
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 31, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs PHI), 37 points.
The lead · HOU @ WAS

Houston fights back from 9 down against Washington

Final: 96–86, after trailing by 9 after one. Steve Francis led Houston with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-9-8-2+10HOU AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1619283396
WAS2518222186
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 7, 30, 16, 30, 9, 18, 13, 25HOU25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 30, 26, 30, 21, 20, 11, 13, 17HOU17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Laron ProfitPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 2, 4, 0, 6, 2, 7, 0, 18WAS18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Courtney AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 21, 11, 26, 7, 14, 23, 24, 16WAS16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs 1999–00 avg
Minutes per game
34.71999–00 avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 1999–00 (79 games). Today: 12 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIA @ CHI

Chicago's skid reaches four

Miami won 97–90; the Bulls fall to 12–60. Tim Hardaway led Miami with 21 points, 0 rebounds and 10 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
Lvs PHI67–85Lvs SEA80–90L@ NYK80–101Lvs ORL95–103L@ MIA81–109Wvs CHH93–90L@ BOS98–102Lvs DEN104–109Lvs BOS104–106Lvs MIA90–97CHI: last 10 games through Mar 31, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 25

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 7, 30, 16, 30, 9, 18, 13, 25HOU @ WAS · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 20, 21, 27, 17, 22, 20, 17, 24MIL @ SAS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 25, 29, 26, 6, 31, 19, 10, 23ATL vs DEN · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 14, 13, 6, 2, 18, 15, 7, 21DEN @ ATL · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 17, 2, 20, 13, 25, 21, 25, 21MIA @ CHI · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 25, 20, 15, 18, 26, 34, 29, 20SAS vs MIL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 12 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
Jason KiddPHX+9.8 26.5 last 10 · 16.7 season
Toni KukocATL+9.4 20.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+8.0 18.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+7.8 25.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Paul PierceBOS+7.2 32.7 last 10 · 25.5 season
Cold
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.5 7.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.3 5.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
Antonio DanielsSAS−5.1 4.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Bryon RussellUTA−5.0 7.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Malik RoseSAS−4.7 3.5 last 10 · 8.2 season