FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 17, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed TOR by 5 at halftime and won 116–113.

Final
ORL105
PHI103
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +2
Final
ATL68
IND85
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +17
Final
NJN87
MEM76
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +11
Final
SAC116
TOR113
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +3
Final
UTA96
MIN89
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +7
Final
NYK99
CLE104
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +5
Final
DAL103
LAL105
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +2
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 17, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs PHX), 34 points.
The lead · SAC @ TOR

Chris Webber scores 31 as Sacramento wins in Toronto

Final: 116–113. Chris Webber made 8 of 18 shots from the field.

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+2-5-3+3SAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC33252929116
TOR31322723113
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 32, 13, 24, 20, 20, 26, 22, 31SAC31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 19, 3, 10, 13, 6, 12, 21, 22SAC22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 25, 12, 43, 19, 16, 16, 21, 22TOR22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 0, 9, 17, 4, 16, 12, 12, 4, 18TOR18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 43 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 26.1 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Indiana by 17.

ORL over PHI2LAL over DAL2SAC over TOR3CLE over NYK5UTA over MIN7NJN over MEM11IND over ATL17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 39

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32, 39PHI vs ORL · L
31.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 29, 17, 18, 20, 7, 25, 22, 33NYK @ CLE · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 17, 10, 9, 27, 7, 18, 21, 33MIN vs UTA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 32, 13, 24, 20, 20, 26, 22, 31SAC @ TOR · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 30, 13, 17, 50, 22, 35, 30, 29ORL @ PHI · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 11, 19, 17, 18, 11, 12, 13, 29CLE vs NYK · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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+9.0 17.5 last 10 · 8.5 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+7.1 20.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.7 20.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+5.4 15.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.1 36.5 last 10 · 31.4 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.5 10.8 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
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
David WesleyCHH−5.4 9.6 last 10 · 15.0 season