FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 16, 2002Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by SEA (vs LAC) and NYK (vs CLE).

Final
PHX76
CHH87
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH 0; Q4 CHH +11
Final
DEN76
MIA101
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +25
Final
CLE95
NYK105
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +10
Final · 2OT
CHI114
HOU112
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +2
Final
DET102
MIL94
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +8
Final
BOS104
SAS111
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +7
Final
WAS80
POR95
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +15
Final
DAL117
GSW100
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +17
Final
SEA95
LAC87
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +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 16, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Jason Terry (ATL @ IND), 31 points.
The lead · SEA @ LAC

Seattle beats Clippers, 95–87

Seattle led 68–63 after three and won by 8. Gary Payton led Seattle with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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+4+5+8SEA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA1827232795
LAC2516222487
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 20, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 29, 23SEA23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 17, 11, 9, 11, 14, 20, 31, 19SEA19 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 20, 16, 17, 10, 17, 10, 14, 30LAC30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 9, 6, 3, 17, 14, 11, 4, 20LAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 56 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · CLE @ NYK

New York takes care of Cleveland

A 10-point win, 105–95. Allan Houston led New York with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over HOU2SAS over BOS7DET over MIL8SEA over LAC8NYK over CLE10CHH over PHX11POR over WAS15DAL over GSW17MIA over DEN25Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over CLE.
Top performances

Jalen Rose leads the day with 44

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.
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 31, 23, 21, 11, 35, 14, 20, 44CHI @ HOU · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 25, 23, 30, 22, 21, 23, 24, 37SAS vs BOS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 9, 23, 20, 31, 28, 38, 20, 37HOU vs CHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 17, 16, 24, 23, 19, 30, 38, 31BOS @ SAS · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 13, 24, 18, 27, 12, 22, 16, 31PHX @ CHH · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 28, 22, 31, 18, 37, 32, 20, 31BOS @ SAS · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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 17.5 last 10 · 8.5 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.7 20.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+5.3 15.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+4.9 17.9 last 10 · 13.0 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.7 9.6 last 10 · 19.3 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Baron DavisCHH−6.6 12.1 last 10 · 18.7 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−5.7 5.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Karl MaloneUTA−5.7 17.2 last 10 · 22.9 season