FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 13, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final
NJN89
BOS97
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final
DEN102
ATL105
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CLE84
DET85
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +1
Final · OT
PHX114
ORL119
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +5
Final
HOU96
MIN95
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +1
Final
SAC92
PHI88
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +4
Final
WAS75
LAC96
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +21
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 13, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ LAL), 42 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHI

Sacramento makes it four straight

Sacramento beat Philadelphia 92–88 and moved to 46–17. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-7-7-5+4SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2421192892
PHI3121171988
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 16, 32, 13, 24, 20, 20, 26, 22SAC22 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 19, 26, 18, 26, 24, 21, 29, 21SAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32PHI32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 10, 16, 8, 20, 18, 16, 20, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Clippers rout

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Washington by 21.

DET over CLE1HOU over MIN1ATL over DEN3SAC over PHI4ORL over PHX5BOS over NJN8LAC over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 29, 30, 13, 17, 50, 22, 35ORL vs PHX · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 6, 17, 13, 16, 12, 5, 10, 34ORL vs PHX · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32PHI vs SAC · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 21, 20, 28, 22, 31, 18, 37, 32BOS vs NJN · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 35, 26, 21, 13, 20, 28, 22, 19, 31PHX @ ORL · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 25, 18, 3, 11, 29, 25, 32, 31ATL vs DEN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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+7.7 15.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Juwan HowardDEN+6.6 20.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.5 19.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+4.6 25.1 last 10 · 20.5 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−6.1 5.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.0 16.9 last 10 · 21.9 season