FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 18, 2001Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by VAN (vs GSW) and DEN (vs SAC).

Final
CHH97
BOS92
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +3; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +5
Final
CHI92
PHI86
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +6
Final
TOR98
WAS92
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +6
Final · OT
IND105
CLE101
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
Final
DET88
NYK94
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MIA103
ORL91
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +12
Final
MIN100
DAL120
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +20
Final
SAC100
DEN110
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +10
Final
SAS67
SEA105
Q1 SEA +7; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +38
Final
VAN95
GSW81
Q1 VAN -11; Q2 VAN -2; Q3 VAN +9; Q4 VAN +14
Final
UTA93
PHX98
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +5
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 18, 2000: 11 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ DAL), 38 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Raef LaFrentz scores 32, Denver rallies past Sacramento

Denver trailed by 11 after one and won 110–100.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-11+7+10+10DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC28202923100
DEN17383223110
Who led
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 8, 11, 19, 10, 18, 10, 22, 32DEN32 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Kevin WillisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 21, 19, 4, 15, 17, 13, 8, 25DEN25 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Scot PollardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 9, 10, 8, 0, 8, 4, 4, 18SAC18 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Darrick MartinPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 0, 9, 0, 2, 2, 8, 0, 15SAC15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 64 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat San Antonio by 38, the widest margin of 11 games.

IND over CLE4CHH over BOS5PHX over UTA5CHI over PHI6TOR over WAS6NYK over DET6DEN over SAC10MIA over ORL12VAN over GSW14DAL over MIN20SEA over SAS38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Vince Carter 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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 32, 21, 33, 22, 27, 14, 21, 34TOR @ WAS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 13, 13, 27, 38, 30, 36, 31, 33GSW vs VAN · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Courtney AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 22, 21, 8, 28, 10, 30, 25, 33WAS vs TOR · L
9.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 8, 11, 19, 10, 18, 10, 22, 32DEN vs SAC · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 24, 21, 28, 26, 29, 37, 22, 32BOS vs CHH · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 28, 23, 20, 26, 32, 21, 23, 31SEA vs SAS · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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+12.3 21.8 last 10 · 9.5 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
George McCloudDEN+5.2 14.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.3 22.2 last 10 · 28.5 season
Rod StricklandPOR−6.0 3.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Tony BattieBOS−5.3 1.2 last 10 · 6.5 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Kevin GarnettMIN−4.9 17.1 last 10 · 22.0 season