FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 2, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CLE by 15 after the first quarter and won 84–81.

Final
CLE81
ATL84
Q1 ATL -15; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +3
Final
MIA109
DAL95
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +14
Final · OT
POR104
MIL103
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +1
Final
HOU104
PHX97
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIN116
UTA105
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +11
Final
GSW95
LAC109
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +14
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 · 2000–01Mar 2, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · CLE @ ATL

Atlanta storms back from 15 down to beat Cleveland

The Hawks trailed by 15 after one and won 84–81. Toni Kukoc led Atlanta with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-5-3+3ATL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3313201581
ATL1823222184
Who led
Toni KukocPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 3, 11, 7, 4, 2, 10, 11, 23ATL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ira NewblePoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 10, 8, 8, 4, 6, 4, 12, 16ATL16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 37, 25, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 29CLE29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 8, 12, 11, 5, 9, 16, 12, 17CLE17 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ MIL

Portland flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Milwaukee led 59–55 at the break. Tied 94–94 after regulation, Portland won the extra time 10–9. Final: 104–103. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs MIL
Rasheed Wallace · PORGlenn Robinson · MILPTS2424REB89AST12Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Lamond Murray leads the day with 29

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.
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 37, 25, 23, 15, 19, 12, 22, 29CLE @ ATL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 33, 20, 12, 19, 30, 21, 33, 17, 26MIN @ UTA · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 17, 16, 11, 25, 15, 9, 32, 26MIA @ DAL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 10, 34, 26, 23, 27, 35, 19, 11, 10, 25UTA vs MIN · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 15, 23, 19, 10, 24, 15, 30, 25DAL vs MIA · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Bryon RussellPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 14, 16, 7, 11, 13, 3, 13, 25UTA vs MIN · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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
Jason RichardsonGSW+6.8 19.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.6 26.8 last 10 · 21.2 season
Keon ClarkTOR+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Robert HorryLAL+4.8 11.4 last 10 · 6.6 season
Juwan HowardDEN+4.5 18.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.6 12.0 last 10 · 20.6 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.5 9.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jumaine JonesCLE−5.7 3.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.9 17.4 last 10 · 22.3 season