FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 6, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NJN by 7 after three quarters and won 89–87.

Final
ORL110
BOS130
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +20
Final
CLE76
PHI85
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +9
Final
LAC86
MIL92
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +6
Final
LAL84
UTA92
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MIA92
CHI87
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +5
Final
NJN87
PHX89
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +2
Final
MIN78
POR85
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +7
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 6, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ GSW), 29 points.
The lead · NJN @ PHX

Phoenix takes over late to edge New Jersey

Down 7 after three, Phoenix won the fourth 20–11. Final: 89–87. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-3-3-7+2PHX AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2526251187
PHX2226212089
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 18, 16, 17, 23, 21, 24, 13, 24PHX24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 28, 13, 27, 36, 35, 26, 21, 13, 20PHX20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Aaron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 13, 0, 6, 6, 12, 2, 2, 15, 18NJN18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 15, 8, 4, 12, 13, 8, 21, 15, 17NJN17 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.8Season avg38.0Last 5

38.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg9.2Last 3

9.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIA @ CHI

Miami makes it four straight

Miami beat Chicago 92–87 and moved to 27–32. Rod Strickland led Miami with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
L@ MIN80–93Wvs CHI102–80Lvs LAC71–81W@ WAS97–95Wvs WAS92–80L@ PHI72–82Wvs NYK100–86W@ DAL109–95W@ DET93–91W@ CHI92–87MIA: last 10 games through Mar 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 46

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: 34, 27, 46, 32, 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46PHI vs CLE · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 20, 23, 29, 22, 20, 24, 15, 28POR vs MIN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 31, 30, 28, 27, 33, 36, 40, 28LAL @ UTA · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 27, 32, 21, 27, 27, 20, 25, 26LAL @ UTA · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 18, 16, 17, 23, 21, 24, 13, 24PHX vs NJN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 27, 35, 19, 11, 10, 25, 21, 23UTA vs LAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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+4.8 18.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.7 17.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Marcus FizerCHI+4.4 16.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Jalen RoseCHI+4.4 23.8 last 10 · 19.4 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.6 10.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jumaine JonesCLE−6.0 3.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−5.0 7.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.6 17.8 last 10 · 22.4 season