FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 8, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed POR by 12 after the first quarter and won 98–89.

Final
NYK76
MIA81
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +5
Final
IND108
NJN83
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +29; Q4 IND +25
Final
POR89
SAC98
Q1 SAC -12; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +9
Final
CHI88
TOR100
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +12
Final
LAL104
MIN99
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +5
Final
SAS84
GSW76
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +8
Final
MIL88
SEA101
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +19; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +13
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 8, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA @ DEN), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 12 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 12 after one, Sacramento outscored the Trail Blazers 81–60 the rest of the way. Final: 98–89. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-12+1-2+9SAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2913321589
SAC1726292698
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 39, 25, 22, 27, 28, 26, 36, 20SAC20 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 29, 22, 17, 24, 23, 25, 17, 20SAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 7, 10, 8, 7, 14, 9, 1, 21POR21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 2, 2, 5, 16, 12, 7, 10, 13POR13 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 77 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · IND @ NJN

Indiana fights back from 8 down against New Jersey

Final: 108–83, after trailing by 8 after one. Jalen Rose led Indiana with 29 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs NJN
Jalen Rose · INDJohnny Newman · NJNPTS2922REB12AST60Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 34

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: 40, 23, 27, 33, 35, 31, 31, 39, 39, 34LAL @ MIN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 24, 38, 27, 28, 26, 32, 21, 33TOR vs CHI · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 13, 35, 16, 25, 26, 18, 17, 29IND @ NJN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 26, 34, 29, 20, 30, 36, 32, 28SAS @ GSW · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 0, 26, 20, 25, 22, 20, 11, 17, 30, 28CHI @ TOR · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 18, 21, 21, 23, 28, 23, 20, 26SEA vs MIL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 15 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+8.2 19.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jason KiddPHX+6.1 23.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.5 11.2 last 10 · 16.7 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.1 4.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Voshon LenardDEN−5.0 7.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−4.9 5.0 last 10 · 9.9 season