FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 14, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
UTA82
CHH100
Q1 CHH +8; Q2 CHH +18; Q3 CHH +20; Q4 CHH +18
Final
SAC96
NYK113
Q1 NYK +19; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +17
Final
CHI86
SAS91
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +5
Final
DAL106
POR132
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +27; Q3 POR +41; Q4 POR +26
Final
LAL110
GSW102
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +8
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 14, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (WAS vs DET), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ SAS

San Antonio extends win streak to 8

91–86 over Chicago. Record: 44–21. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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+3+4+3+5SAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1923232186
SAS2224222391
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 25, 25, 23, 30, 22, 21, 23, 24SAS24 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 18, 13, 13, 8, 13, 10, 7, 15SAS15 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Marcus FizerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 18, 6, 19, 15, 15, 12, 7, 22CHI22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 6, 12, 18, 8, 7, 8, 4, 21CHI21 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.9Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 62 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 61 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · LAL @ GSW

Lakers lead Golden State wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 110–102. Best quarter: the fourth, 36–29. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 40 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over CHI5LAL over GSW8NYK over SAC17CHH over UTA18POR over DAL26Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over GSW.
Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 43

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 17, 12, 18, 23, 19, 31, 27, 43NYK vs SAC · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 27, 33, 36, 40, 28, 40, 9, 40LAL @ GSW · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 22, 20, 24, 15, 28, 18, 26, 37POR vs DAL · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 36, 20, 18, 27, 10, 26, 13, 26CHH vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 14, 19, 29, 17, 18, 20, 7, 25NYK vs SAC · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 25, 25, 23, 30, 22, 21, 23, 24SAS vs CHI · W
24.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 4 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+6.0 19.7 last 10 · 13.7 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−9.3 10.2 last 10 · 19.5 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−6.1 5.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Karl MaloneUTA−5.7 17.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season