FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 18, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by CHH (vs MIL) and WAS (vs GSW).

Final
POR100
BOS91
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +9
Final
MIL110
CHH113
Q1 CHH -4; Q2 CHH -6; Q3 CHH +5; Q4 CHH +3
Final
DET98
DEN91
Q1 DET +16; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +7
Final
WAS99
GSW96
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +3
Final
HOU86
LAC93
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +7
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 18, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ LAC), 34 points.
The lead · MIL @ CHH

Jamal Mashburn posts 31 and 10 as Charlotte beats Milwaukee

31 points and 10 rebounds in a 113–110 win.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final0-4-6+5+3CHH AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL31302524110
CHH27283622113
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 18, 27, 10, 26, 13, 26, 23, 31CHH31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Elden CampbellPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 23, 7, 8, 3, 6, 12, 17, 20CHH20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 18, 13, 13, 14, 19, 15, 27MIL27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 27, 13, 20, 20, 14, 20, 20, 23MIL23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 29 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · WAS @ GSW

Washington takes over late to edge Golden State

Down 1 after three, Washington won the fourth 21–17. Final: 99–96. Chris Whitney led Washington with 20 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHH over MIL3WAS over GSW3DET over DEN7LAC over HOU7POR over BOS9Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over GSW.
Top performances

Jamal Mashburn leads the day with 31

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.
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 18, 27, 10, 26, 13, 26, 23, 31CHH vs MIL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 22, 31, 18, 37, 32, 20, 31, 28BOS vs POR · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 20, 18, 13, 13, 14, 19, 15, 27MIL @ CHH · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Michael OlowokandiPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 15, 30, 11, 4, 22, 4, 11, 26LAC vs HOU · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 7, 7, 13, 12, 15, 15, 10, 25GSW vs WAS · L
8.7 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 28, 22, 19, 12, 7, 24, 25, 24DET @ DEN · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 11 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+9.7 18.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+7.1 20.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+5.4 15.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.4 19.7 last 10 · 14.3 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
Larry HughesGSW−6.1 6.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−5.1 6.2 last 10 · 11.3 season