FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 3, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed CLE by 4 after the first quarter and won 101–91.

Final
SAS99
NYK83
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +16
Final
PHI96
TOR84
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +12
Final
DET83
CHH81
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +2
Final
SEA96
MEM71
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +22; Q4 SEA +25
Final
CHI84
NJN92
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +8
Final
IND97
SAC86
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +11
Final · OT
ORL102
WAS107
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +5
Final
MIL101
CLE91
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +10
Final · OT
DAL116
DEN110
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +6
Final
HOU79
LAL95
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +16
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 3, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (MIL vs CHI), 40 points.
The lead · MIL @ CLE

Milwaukee beats Cleveland, 101–91

Milwaukee led 80–64 after three and won by 10. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+4+16+10MIL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL23302721101
CLE2722152791
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 18, 21, 15, 13, 19, 22, 24, 28MIL28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 27, 17, 28, 21, 15, 22, 22, 27MIL27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 18, 13, 27, 9, 9, 37, 12, 17CLE17 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 9 games: 16, 3, 3, 10, 4, 5, 10, 5, 12CLE12 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat Memphis by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

DET over CHH2WAS over ORL5DAL over DEN6NJN over CHI8MIL over CLE10IND over SAC11PHI over TOR12SAS over NYK16LAL over HOU16SEA over MEM25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 42

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 34, 27, 46, 32, 18, 31, 43, 42PHI @ TOR · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 25, 31, 31, 30, 28, 27, 33, 36LAL vs HOU · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Courtney AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 0, 2, 2, 9, 0, 13, 2, 32WAS vs ORL · W
6.2 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 26, 39, 22, 22, 25, 24, 29, 30ORL @ WAS · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 19, 8, 12, 16, 28, 21, 24, 30DEN vs DAL · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 23, 19, 10, 24, 15, 30, 25, 30DAL @ DEN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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
Juwan HowardDEN+6.0 19.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Robert HorryLAL+5.4 12.1 last 10 · 6.7 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+4.5 16.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.3 17.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.5 12.1 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−6.0 3.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.1 17.3 last 10 · 22.4 season