FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 19, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed UTA by 10 at halftime and won 94–87.

Final
NJN97
CLE100
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +3
Final
PHI91
MIA79
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +12
Final
NYK101
MEM92
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK +9
Final
TOR80
MIN112
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +32
Final
MIL91
ORL101
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +10
Final
ATL102
CHI96
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +6
Final
LAL98
DAL114
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +16
Final
DET94
UTA87
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +7
Final
GSW93
SEA110
Q1 SEA +12; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +17
Final
HOU87
SAC110
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +23
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 19, 2001: 3 games. Top scorer: Jason Terry (ATL vs LAL), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ UTA

Detroit rallies from 10 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 10 at the half, Detroit outscored the Jazz 60–43 the rest of the way. Final: 94–87. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-10+3+7DET AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2113303094
UTA2618172687
Who led
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 22, 19, 12, 7, 24, 25, 24, 20DET20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 13, 12, 4, 15, 19, 12, 16, 20DET20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 21, 23, 25, 21, 14, 3, 27, 22UTA22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 19, 4, 12, 9, 9, 14, 22, 20UTA20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 68 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.5Season avg20.9Last 3

20.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat Toronto by 32, the widest margin of 10 games.

CLE over NJN3ATL over CHI6DET over UTA7NYK over MEM9ORL over MIL10PHI over MIA12DAL over LAL16SEA over GSW17SAC over HOU23MIN over TOR32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 48

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 13, 17, 50, 22, 35, 30, 29, 48ORL vs MIL · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
48 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 13, 24, 20, 20, 26, 22, 31, 35SAC vs HOU · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32, 39, 33PHI @ MIA · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 33, 36, 40, 28, 40, 9, 40, 16, 28, 32LAL @ DAL · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 10, 10, 8, 15, 23, 11, 12, 30NJN @ CLE · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 3, 19, 22, 23, 5, 7, 20, 30DAL vs LAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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+9.7 18.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+7.4 20.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+5.4 15.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.4 19.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jalen RoseCHI+5.3 25.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.8 10.3 last 10 · 19.1 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 6.1 last 10 · 11.2 season