FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 21, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed MEM by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–93.

Final
NYK89
ATL118
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +27; Q4 ATL +29
Final
MIN95
MEM93
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
SAS105
DAL102
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DET95
PHX82
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +20; Q4 DET +13
Final
WAS79
UTA94
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +15
Final
DEN82
SAC118
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +21; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +36
Final
LAC116
GSW96
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +20
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 21, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs SAS), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ MEM

Minnesota holds off Memphis, 95–93

Minnesota led 74–71 after three and held on to win by two. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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+3+2MIN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2729182195
MEM3418192293
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 19, 4, 26, 17, 24, 16, 20, 25MIN25 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 8, 15, 18, 23, 11, 7, 11, 19MIN19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 12, 17, 11, 9, 11, 9, 14, 28MEM28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 23, 14, 20, 17, 22, 18, 13, 21MEM21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 12 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg43.6Today

44 minutes today, against 23.9 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 31 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio leads Dallas wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 105–102. Best quarter: the second, 29–19. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over MEM2SAS over DAL3DET over PHX13UTA over WAS15LAC over GSW20ATL over NYK29SAC over DEN36Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DAL.
Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 32

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 30, 22, 21, 23, 24, 37, 25, 32SAS @ DAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 13, 12, 15, 15, 10, 25, 12, 32GSW vs LAC · L
9.5 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 6, 8, 6, 4, 9, 15, 12, 31SAC vs DEN · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 15, 17, 15, 19, 18, 8, 20, 30LAC @ GSW · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 35, 19, 19, 19, 30, 17, 19, 29DAL vs SAS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 12, 17, 11, 9, 11, 9, 14, 28MEM vs MIN · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Kurt ThomasNYK+7.3 20.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Courtney AlexanderWAS+5.7 14.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jalen RoseCHI+5.3 25.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.3 14.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Troy HudsonORL+5.0 15.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.6 10.2 last 10 · 18.8 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Michael JordanWAS−6.1 17.6 last 10 · 23.7 season
Larry HughesGSW−6.1 6.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season