FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 7, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CLE by 9 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final
BOS102
WAS100
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +2
Final
DET97
CHH92
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +5
Final
PHX102
CLE98
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +4
Final
UTA116
DAL103
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +13
Final
ATL97
HOU110
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +13
Final
VAN97
DEN98
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +1
Final
SAS93
LAC83
Q1 SAS +17; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +10
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 7, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ SEA), 31 points.
The lead · PHX @ CLE

Phoenix climbs out of a 9-point hole against Cleveland

Down 9 after one, the Suns won the third quarter 33–18 and the game 102–98. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-8+7+4PHX AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX19273323102
CLE2826182698
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 27, 2, 9, 17, 20, 25, 15, 25PHX25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 13, 11, 2, 19, 2, 6, 8, 19PHX19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Clar. WeatherspoonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 15, 7, 6, 6, 12, 22, 14, 20CLE20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 13, 10, 19, 10, 17, 8, 5, 20CLE20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · BOS @ WAS

Boston takes over late to edge Washington

Down 3 after three, Boston won the fourth 23–18. Final: 102–100. Antoine Walker led Boston with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over VAN1BOS over WAS2PHX over CLE4DET over CHH5SAS over LAC10UTA over DAL13HOU over ATL13Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over WAS.
Top performances

Richard Hamilton leads the day with 38

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.
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 23, 20, 31, 41, 10, 16, 31, 38WAS vs BOS · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 18, 26, 34, 29, 20, 30, 36, 32SAS @ LAC · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 18, 21, 26, 30, 20, 24, 12, 32VAN @ DEN · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 21, 15, 24, 33, 31, 31, 21, 31UTA @ DAL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 31, 28, 21, 33, 32, 57, 14, 30DET @ CHH · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 16, 23, 20, 25, 20, 24, 21, 28BOS @ WAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 7 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
Toni KukocATL+8.7 19.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+8.6 26.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+8.4 19.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jason KiddPHX+6.1 23.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Larry JohnsonNYK−5.8 4.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.5 11.2 last 10 · 16.7 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.1 5.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Voshon LenardDEN−5.0 7.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.0 4.4 last 10 · 9.4 season