FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 15, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed UTA by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–100.

Final
NJN88
BOS95
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +7
Final
NYK82
PHI89
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +7
Final
CLE106
WAS98
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +8
Final
ORL90
MIA73
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +24; Q4 ORL +17
Final
IND93
CHI86
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +7
Final
UTA100
MIN107
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +7
Final
POR100
LAL105
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +5
Final
CHH99
DET90
Q1 CHH +8; Q2 CHH +13; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +9
Final · OT
DAL107
SEA99
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +8
Final
SAC86
PHX88
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +2
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 15, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN @ LAC), 44 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIN

Minnesota pulls clear of Utah late

Minnesota won the fourth 31–26 to finish it 107–100. Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-1+2+7MIN AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA29192626100
MIN23242931107
Who led
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 14, 15, 14, 10, 28, 5, 14, 17MIN17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 16, 18, 25, 11, 17, 15, 23, 17MIN17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 12, 19, 11, 15, 13, 8, 11, 21UTA21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 5, 10, 14, 21, 19, 14, 11, 18UTA18 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NYK @ PHI

Philadelphia gets past New York

89–82, with Philadelphia ahead 44–41 at halftime. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 27 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over SAC2LAL over POR5BOS over NJN7PHI over NYK7IND over CHI7MIN over UTA7CLE over WAS8DAL over SEA8CHH over DET9ORL over MIA17Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 69 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.4 in 60 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg37.3Today

37 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse 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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 32, 57, 14, 30, 28, 35, 37, 34DET vs CHH · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 31, 31, 39, 39, 34, 32, 31, 33LAL vs POR · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Courtney AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 25, 22, 21, 8, 28, 10, 30WAS vs CLE · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 9, 13, 6, 12, 12, 27, 21, 28POR @ LAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Walter McCartyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 0, 9, 0, 8, 0, 11, 27BOS vs NJN · W
2.6 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 37, 35, 37, 18, 37, 41, 12, 27PHI vs NYK · W
31.1 PPG season to date · −4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 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+11.8 20.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Toni KukocATL+8.7 19.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+7.5 18.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+7.4 25.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.3 28.7 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Eddie JonesMIA−7.1 10.1 last 10 · 17.2 season
Rod StricklandPOR−6.2 3.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.2 11.3 last 10 · 16.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.1 23.4 last 10 · 28.5 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−4.9 5.0 last 10 · 9.9 season