FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 10, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 117–103.

Final
TOR79
ORL92
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +13
Final
WAS91
BOS98
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +7
Final
LAC95
CLE78
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +17
Final
IND89
DET84
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +5
Final
UTA92
HOU95
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SAC98
MIL73
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +25; Q4 SAC +25
Final
NYK103
LAL117
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +14
Final
CHH88
PHX82
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH +16; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +6
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 10, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (GSW @ HOU), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ LAL

Shaquille O'Neal scores 40 as Lakers beat New York

Lakers won 117–103. Shaquille O'Neal: 40 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-80+8+14LAL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK36242023103
LAL28322829117
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 30, 28, 27, 33, 36, 40, 28, 40LAL40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 32, 21, 27, 27, 20, 25, 26, 18LAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 22, 22, 17, 12, 18, 23, 19, 31NYK31 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 17, 8, 14, 19, 29, 17, 18, 20NYK20 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat Milwaukee by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

HOU over UTA3IND over DET5CHH over PHX6BOS over WAS7ORL over TOR13LAL over NYK14LAC over CLE17SAC over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 40

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 30, 28, 27, 33, 36, 40, 28, 40LAL vs NYK · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 22, 22, 17, 12, 18, 23, 19, 31NYK @ LAL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 40, 27, 24, 9, 23, 20, 31, 28HOU vs UTA · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 17, 23, 21, 24, 13, 24, 18, 27PHX vs CHH · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 24, 15, 36, 20, 18, 27, 10, 26CHH @ PHX · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 13, 13, 18, 29, 18, 31, 25, 23IND @ DET · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 1 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+7.0 20.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.8 19.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Antonio DavisTOR+5.2 18.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.0 32.4 last 10 · 27.4 season
Corliss WilliamsonDET+4.5 18.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.9 9.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−5.7 6.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−5.4 10.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.0 16.9 last 10 · 21.9 season