FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 3, 2001Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 3 after the first quarter and won 109–97.

Final
BOS82
MIA77
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CHH103
NJN88
Q1 CHH +8; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +15
Final
ORL82
NYK94
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +12
Final
PHX81
IND85
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +4
Final
PHI85
TOR100
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +24; Q3 TOR +26; Q4 TOR +15
Final
LAL96
UTA88
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +8
Final
DET110
CHI83
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +27
Final
DAL109
HOU97
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +12
Final
SEA89
SAS107
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +18
Final
POR92
DEN94
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +2
Final
MIL107
SAC101
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +20; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +6
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DAL @ HOU

Dallas beats Houston, 109–97

Dallas led 90–72 after three and won by 12. Michael Finley led Dallas with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+9+18+12DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29382319109
HOU3226142597
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 24, 16, 31, 33, 23, 18, 23, 27DAL27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 20, 13, 8, 10, 24, 6, 32, 23DAL23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 30, 21, 20, 11, 13, 17, 19, 28HOU28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 27, 25, 15, 8, 10, 14, 4, 16HOU16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 67 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 73 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Chicago by 27, the widest margin of 11 games.

DEN over POR2IND over PHX4BOS over MIA5MIL over SAC6LAL over UTA8NYK over ORL12DAL over HOU12CHH over NJN15TOR over PHI15SAS over SEA18DET over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 57

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 46, 31, 16, 29, 31, 28, 21, 33, 32, 57DET @ CHI · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +27.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high57 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 42, 14, 37, 44, 36, 41, 24, 23, 12, 33BOS @ MIA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 21, 27, 17, 22, 20, 17, 24, 33MIL @ SAC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 13, 24, 15, 21, 15, 24, 33, 31, 31UTA vs LAL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 12, 27, 25, 10, 22, 18, 8, 31CHH @ NJN · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 36, 40, 23, 27, 33, 35, 31, 31LAL @ UTA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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+10.3 27.2 last 10 · 16.9 season
Toni KukocATL+9.4 20.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+8.4 19.3 last 10 · 10.9 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−6.1 6.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.5 4.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.2 7.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Voshon LenardDEN−4.9 7.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 3.5 last 10 · 8.3 season