FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 20, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHI by 3 after the first quarter and won 82–77.

Final
CLE70
BOS96
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +26
Final
IND88
CHH94
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +6
Final
MIA82
PHI77
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +5
Final
POR82
NJN97
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +15
Final
LAL90
SAS108
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +18
Final
WAS107
DEN75
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +36; Q4 WAS +32
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 20, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK @ CLE), 39 points.
The lead · MIA @ PHI

Miami gets past Philadelphia

82–77, with Miami ahead 45–38 at halftime. Eddie House led Miami with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Allen Iverson scored 38 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · MIA 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+7+2+5MIA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1926181982
PHI2216231677
Who led
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 3, 12, 14, 4, 0, 8, 3, 20MIA20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 18, 16, 18, 13, 14, 24, 21, 16MIA16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32, 39, 33, 38PHI38 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 9, 4, 14, 10, 11, 5, 8, 15PHI15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · IND @ CHH

Charlotte never trails at a break against Indiana

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 94–88. Baron Davis led Charlotte with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over PHI5CHH over IND6NJN over POR15SAS over LAL18BOS over CLE26WAS over DEN32Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over IND.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32, 39, 33, 38PHI vs MIA · L
31.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 26, 21, 31, 21, 25, 8, 17, 30WAS @ DEN · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 10, 8, 15, 23, 11, 12, 30, 28NJN vs POR · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 15, 15, 18, 4, 18, 5, 18, 25CHH vs IND · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 23, 30, 22, 21, 23, 24, 37, 25SAS vs LAL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 18, 37, 32, 20, 31, 28, 22BOS vs CLE · W
26.2 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 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+8.0 16.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+7.4 20.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jalen RoseCHI+5.3 25.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Troy HudsonORL+5.0 15.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+4.7 36.2 last 10 · 31.5 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
Lee NailonCHH−5.3 6.4 last 10 · 11.7 season