FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 17, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed WAS by 13 after three quarters and won 122–119.

Final · OT
DET92
TOR94
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final
WAS119
ATL122
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -13; Q4 ATL +3
Final
MIL89
MIA91
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +2
Final
CHI100
NJN94
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +6
Final · OT
PHI111
IND105
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +6
Final
MIN87
HOU114
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +27; Q4 HOU +27
Final
SAS99
POR93
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAC92
UTA97
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +5
Final
DEN91
LAL108
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +11; 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 17, 2000: 4 games. Top scorer: Larry Hughes (GSW vs MIN), 33 points.
The lead · WAS @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 13 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 13 after three, Atlanta outscored the Wizards 42–26 the rest of the way. Final: 122–119. Dion Glover led Atlanta with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-2-8-13+3ATL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS31313126119
ATL29252642122
Who led
Dion GloverPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 17, 13, 10, 12, 12, 16, 28ATL28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 10, 23, 7, 38, 11, 25, 5, 27ATL27 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 10, 16, 31, 38, 21, 25, 30, 10, 30WAS30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Courtney AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 25, 22, 21, 8, 28, 10, 30, 25WAS25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 63 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 81 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Minnesota by 27.

TOR over DET2MIA over MIL2ATL over WAS3UTA over LAC5CHI over NJN6PHI over IND6SAS over POR6LAL over DEN17HOU over MIN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Karl Malone 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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 31, 21, 31, 26, 13, 32, 14, 34UTA vs LAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 31, 39, 39, 34, 32, 31, 33, 33LAL vs DEN · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 10, 16, 31, 38, 21, 25, 30, 10, 30WAS @ ATL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dion GloverPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 17, 13, 10, 12, 12, 16, 28ATL vs WAS · W
6.0 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 12, 15, 13, 23, 14, 13, 14, 28POR vs SAS · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 9, 13, 12, 7, 13, 19, 15, 27NJN vs CHI · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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 20.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Toni KukocATL+8.7 19.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+7.1 25.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Vonteego CummingsGSW+6.2 13.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cold
Eddie JonesMIA−6.5 10.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Kobe BryantLAL−6.3 22.2 last 10 · 28.5 season
Rod StricklandPOR−6.0 3.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kevin GarnettMIN−4.9 17.1 last 10 · 22.0 season
Larry JohnsonNYK−4.9 5.0 last 10 · 9.9 season