FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 15, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed SEA by 6 after three quarters and won 103–98.

Final
PHX89
ATL104
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +15
Final
MIA78
NJN97
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +19
Final
DEN102
ORL124
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +22
Final
UTA100
DET97
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +3
Final
BOS103
MEM97
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +6
Final
IND98
MIN85
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +13
Final
WAS103
SEA98
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS +5
Final
LAC92
LAL98
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +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 15, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs LAL), 46 points.
The lead · WAS @ SEA

Washington handles Seattle by 5

The Wizards won the fourth quarter 34–23. Final: 103–98. Tyronn Lue led Washington with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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+1-6+5WAS AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS26222134103
SEA2324282398
Who led
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 6, 11, 5, 13, 19, 9, 10, 26WAS26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 30, 15, 24, 26, 21, 31, 21, 25WAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 12, 17, 11, 9, 11, 14, 20, 31SEA31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 21, 20, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 29SEA29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Orlando by 22.

UTA over DET3WAS over SEA5BOS over MEM6LAL over LAC6IND over MIN13ATL over PHX15NJN over MIA19ORL over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Antoine Walker leads the day with 38

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.
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 16, 17, 16, 24, 23, 19, 30, 38BOS @ MEM · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 24, 14, 23, 19, 26, 19, 25, 33ATL vs PHX · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 27, 20, 25, 26, 18, 23, 21, 33LAL vs LAC · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 12, 17, 11, 9, 11, 14, 20, 31SEA vs WAS · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 29, 30, 13, 17, 50, 22, 35, 30ORL vs DEN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 21, 20, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 29SEA vs WAS · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 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+9.0 17.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
Juwan HowardDEN+6.9 21.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+6.0 19.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+5.3 15.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 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−5.7 5.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Karl MaloneUTA−5.7 17.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season