FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 12, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed SAS by 9 at halftime and won 107–105.

Final
NJN78
CHH88
Q1 CHH +6; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +10
Final
UTA93
MIL115
Q1 MIL +18; Q2 MIL +26; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +22
Final
PHI77
ORL101
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +25; Q3 ORL +28; Q4 ORL +24
Final · OT
SAC107
SAS105
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC -8; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +2
Final
POR100
VAN87
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +13
Final
MIN102
LAL119
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +17
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 12, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Clifford Robinson (PHX vs VAN), 36 points.
The lead · SAC @ SAS

Sacramento needs overtime to survive San Antonio

Tied 96–96 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 11–9 for a 107–105 win. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Tim Duncan scored 42 for San Antonio in the loss.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-9-80+2SAC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC2321223011107
SAS312221229105
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 39, 25, 22, 27, 28, 26, 36, 20, 31, 26SAC26 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 6, 16, 15, 8, 9, 13, 20, 20SAC20 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 29, 20, 30, 36, 32, 28, 25, 42SAS42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 1, 6, 11, 3, 3, 19, 0, 15SAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Orlando by 24.

SAC over SAS2CHH over NJN10POR over VAN13LAL over MIN17MIL over UTA22ORL over PHI24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
11.1Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 78 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
41.2Season avg27.6Last 3

27.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 41.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 43

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 14, 31, 20, 26, 22, 20, 16, 43MIL vs UTA · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 29, 20, 30, 36, 32, 28, 25, 42SAS vs SAC · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 35, 31, 31, 39, 39, 34, 32, 31LAL vs MIN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 44, 18, 24, 4, 34, 20, 21, 31ORL vs PHI · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 38, 39, 26, 16, 27, 13, 0, 20, 30LAL vs MIN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 15, 30, 9, 13, 6, 12, 12, 27POR @ VAN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Courtney AlexanderWAS+10.3 18.8 last 10 · 8.5 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+8.9 20.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Toni KukocATL+8.7 19.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+7.7 25.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS+7.6 30.2 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonPHX−6.5 10.0 last 10 · 16.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA−6.2 11.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Rod StricklandPOR−5.8 3.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
Howard EisleyDAL−5.5 3.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−4.9 5.0 last 10 · 9.9 season