FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 7, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed WAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 95–92.

Final
DET95
WAS92
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +3
Final
IND111
MEM122
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +11
Final
HOU97
SAS99
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +2
Final
TOR103
DAL122
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +19
Final
NYK93
DEN104
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT
CHH89
SEA92
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +3
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 7, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC @ PHX), 41 points.
The lead · DET @ WAS

Detroit rallies from 8 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 8 after one, Detroit outscored the Wizards 70–59 the rest of the way. Final: 95–92. Corliss Williamson led Detroit with 23 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+2+1+3DET AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2529202195
WAS3319211992
Who led
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 22, 17, 12, 24, 17, 19, 15, 23DET23 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 21, 5, 13, 19, 23, 28, 22, 19DET19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 22, 15, 19, 8, 31, 30, 15, 24WAS24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Courtney AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 9, 0, 13, 2, 32, 26, 21WAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.6Season avg21.2Last 3

21.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg28.6Today

29 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 19.

SAS over HOU2DET over WAS3SEA over CHH3MEM over IND11DEN over NYK11DAL over TOR19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 35

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 9, 33, 26, 16, 21, 19, 30, 35DAL vs TOR · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 1, 16, 6, 11, 9, 22, 17, 5, 33MEM vs IND · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 17, 22, 13, 13, 18, 29, 18, 31IND @ MEM · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 25, 21, 29, 35, 25, 25, 23, 30SAS vs HOU · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 12, 16, 28, 21, 24, 30, 8, 30DEN vs NYK · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 8, 3, 9, 14, 16, 5, 30, 28IND @ MEM · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.8 18.0 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−9.4 10.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jumaine JonesCLE−6.0 3.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.3 12.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season