FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 1, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed LAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 79–78.

Final
IND93
PHI104
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +11
Final
BOS79
CHH80
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH -6; Q3 CHH -3; Q4 CHH +1
Final
MIN99
POR95
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +4
Final
UTA92
VAN73
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +19
Final
NYK79
LAL78
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +1
Final
ORL104
TOR101
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +3
Final
GSW87
DET104
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +17
Final
HOU98
NJN101
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +3
Final
MIL99
PHX106
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DAL119
SAC107
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +12
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 · 1999–00Apr 1, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (DEN vs UTA), 33 points.
The lead · NYK @ LAL

New York rallies from 9 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 9 after one, New York outscored the Lakers 65–55 the rest of the way. Final: 79–78. Marcus Camby led New York with 20 points, 15 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+1-3+1NYK AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1435131779
LAL2325171378
Who led
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 5, 19, 15, 14, 16, 7, 12, 20NYK20 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 22, 12, 29, 17, 21, 8, 21, 19NYK19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 27, 36, 40, 23, 27, 33, 35, 31LAL31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Rick FoxPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 17, 19, 13, 17, 13, 12, 5, 11LAL11 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
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
16.7Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg18.2Last 3

18.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 68 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg29.1Today

29 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 19.

CHH over BOS1NYK over LAL1ORL over TOR3NJN over HOU3MIN over POR4PHX over MIL7PHI over IND11DAL over SAC12DET over GSW17UTA over VAN19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 41, 38, 47, 11, 28, 36, 37, 35, 37PHI vs IND · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 11, 20, 13, 8, 10, 24, 6, 32DAL @ SAC · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 38, 46, 31, 16, 29, 31, 28, 21, 33, 32DET vs GSW · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 13, 24, 15, 21, 15, 24, 33, 31UTA @ VAN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 27, 36, 40, 23, 27, 33, 35, 31LAL vs NYK · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 15, 16, 17, 27, 18, 13, 14, 31MIL @ PHX · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 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+10.7 27.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Toni KukocATL+9.4 20.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+7.9 18.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+7.8 25.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Bryon RussellUTA−5.9 6.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.6 7.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Antonio DanielsSAS−5.1 4.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−4.9 5.1 last 10 · 10.0 season