FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 5, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 17 after the first quarter and won 92–86.

Final
WAS80
NYK93
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +13
Final
SAC92
UTA86
Q1 SAC -17; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +6
Final
LAL100
CHI88
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
Final
ATL94
DAL108
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +14
Final
SEA88
HOU91
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SAS101
DEN80
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +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 · 1999–00Apr 5, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ GSW), 49 points.
The lead · SAC @ UTA

Sacramento storms back from 17 down to beat Utah

The Kings trailed by 17 after one and won 92–86. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-5+5+6SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC1824292192
UTA3512192086
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 29, 15, 39, 25, 22, 27, 28, 26SAC26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 25, 9, 29, 22, 17, 24, 23, 25SAC25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 15, 21, 15, 24, 33, 31, 31, 21UTA21 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 16, 17, 17, 16, 17, 5, 10, 14UTA14 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: San Antonio by 21.

HOU over SEA3SAC over UTA6LAL over CHI12NYK over WAS13DAL over ATL14SAS over DEN21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 39

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 36, 40, 23, 27, 33, 35, 31, 31, 39LAL @ CHI · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 15, 18, 26, 34, 29, 20, 30, 36SAS @ DEN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 28, 23, 20, 31, 41, 10, 16, 31WAS @ NYK · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 29, 15, 39, 25, 22, 27, 28, 26SAC @ UTA · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 25, 9, 29, 22, 17, 24, 23, 25SAC @ UTA · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 5, 7, 13, 10, 4, 18, 16, 23ATL @ DAL · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 16 REB · 0 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+9.9 27.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
Toni KukocATL+8.7 19.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+8.4 19.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+7.0 24.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Larry JohnsonNYK−5.8 4.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.7 4.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Bryon RussellUTA−5.6 6.6 last 10 · 12.2 season
Damon StoudamirePOR−5.4 7.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.3 4.1 last 10 · 9.4 season