FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 11, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed UTA by 5 at halftime and won 79–78.

Final
BOS104
WAS99
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
GSW96
ATL121
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +25
Final
UTA78
MEM79
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +1
Final
LAC108
MIN99
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +9
Final
SAC107
CHI103
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +4
Final
SEA108
DAL119
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +11
Final
SAS93
DEN78
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +15
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 11, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL @ CLE), 32 points.
The lead · UTA @ MEM

Memphis holds off Utah, 79–78

Memphis led 63–60 after three and held on to win by one. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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+4-5+3+1MEM AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1824181878
MEM2215261679
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 15, 5, 26, 5, 12, 23, 14, 20MEM20 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 11, 9, 22, 17, 5, 33, 19, 15MEM15 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 8, 0, 7, 20, 7, 17, 10, 6, 18, 16UTA16 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 35, 19, 11, 10, 25, 21, 23, 25, 21, 14UTA14 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 59 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAC @ CHI

Chicago's skid reaches six

Sacramento won 107–103; the Bulls fall to 16–48. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
Wvs GSW105–91Lvs ORL97–112L@ DET89–101Wvs WAS90–81L@ NJN84–92L@ WAS90–115Lvs MIA87–92Lvs LAC90–94Lvs SAS73–100Lvs SAC103–107CHI: last 10 games through Mar 11, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 37

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 30, 21, 20, 28, 22, 31, 18, 37BOS @ WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 29, 14, 27, 31, 23, 21, 11, 35CHI vs SAC · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 32, 25, 18, 3, 11, 29, 25, 32ATL vs GSW · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 8, 31, 30, 15, 24, 26, 21, 31WAS vs BOS · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 16, 19, 26, 18, 26, 24, 21, 29SAC @ CHI · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 22, 26, 20, 24, 24, 27, 13, 27GSW @ ATL · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 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
Courtney AlexanderWAS+7.4 15.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Juwan HowardDEN+6.4 20.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antonio DavisTOR+5.2 18.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+5.0 32.4 last 10 · 27.4 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.7 11.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−6.0 5.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.0 16.9 last 10 · 21.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.8 10.9 last 10 · 15.7 season