FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 8, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 81–76.

Final
IND100
PHI109
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +9
Final
DET92
BOS117
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +25
Final
TOR83
MIA74
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +9
Final
WAS96
ORL99
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +3
Final
LAC94
CHI90
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +4
Final
GSW108
HOU95
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +13
Final · OT
CLE115
MIL109
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +6
Final
MIN76
PHX81
Q1 PHX -13; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +5
Final
NYK85
UTA79
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
NJN73
POR82
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +9
Final
CHH87
SAC99
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +12
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 8, 2001: 3 games. Top scorer: Derek Anderson (SAS @ POR), 29 points.
The lead · MIN @ PHX

Phoenix climbs out of a 13-point hole against Minnesota

Down 13 after one, the Suns won the fourth quarter 25–16 and the game 81–76. Stephon Marbury led Phoenix with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-130-4+5PHX AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2811211676
PHX1524172581
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 27, 36, 35, 26, 21, 13, 20, 28PHX28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 16, 17, 23, 21, 24, 13, 24, 18PHX18 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 14, 24, 14, 21, 17, 10, 9, 27MIN27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 12, 7, 30, 7, 9, 8, 8, 15MIN15 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Boston by 25.

ORL over WAS3LAC over CHI4PHX over MIN5CLE over MIL6NYK over UTA6PHI over IND9TOR over MIA9POR over NJN9SAC over CHH12GSW over HOU13BOS over DET25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 50

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 22, 25, 24, 29, 30, 13, 17, 50ORL vs WAS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 46, 32, 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41PHI vs IND · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 25, 16, 35, 11, 14, 23, 7, 32GSW @ HOU · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 9, 9, 37, 12, 17, 13, 14, 31CLE @ MIL · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 33, 17, 30, 21, 20, 28, 22, 31BOS vs DET · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 8, 26, 40, 27, 24, 9, 23, 20, 31HOU vs GSW · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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+7.8 21.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Antonio DavisTOR+5.8 19.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jalen RoseCHI+4.8 24.2 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−5.2 3.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.6 11.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.5 17.7 last 10 · 22.2 season