FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 22, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 13 after the first quarter and won 96–91.

Final
PHI96
BOS91
Q1 PHI -13; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +5
Final
TOR94
CLE80
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +14
Final
IND104
MIA94
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +10
Final
MIL84
NJN108
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +24; Q4 NJN +24
Final
CHH106
ORL92
Q1 CHH +10; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +14
Final
POR109
CHI93
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +16
Final
HOU82
SEA112
Q1 SEA +15; Q2 SEA +27; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +30
Final
DET82
LAL94
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +12
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 22, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ NJN), 44 points.
The lead · PHI @ BOS

Philadelphia climbs out of a 13-point hole against Boston

Down 13 after one, the 76ers won the third quarter 31–27 and the game 96–91. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-13-5-1+5PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1827312096
BOS3119271491
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32, 39, 33, 38, 22PHI22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Eric SnowPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 25, 15, 23, 11, 20, 9, 5, 17PHI17 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 18, 37, 32, 20, 31, 28, 22, 26BOS26 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 23, 19, 30, 38, 31, 19, 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Seattle by 30.

PHI over BOS5IND over MIA10LAL over DET12TOR over CLE14CHH over ORL14POR over CHI16NJN over MIL24SEA over HOU30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Jamal Mashburn leads the day with 29

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: 18, 27, 10, 26, 13, 26, 23, 31, 19, 29CHH @ ORL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 28, 40, 9, 40, 16, 28, 32, 17, 28LAL vs DET · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 18, 37, 32, 20, 31, 28, 22, 26BOS vs PHI · L
26.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 12, 5, 10, 34, 24, 19, 7, 23ORL vs CHH · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 16, 10, 14, 2, 8, 15, 8, 22ORL vs CHH · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 4, 21, 25, 18, 17, 15, 12, 22SEA vs HOU · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 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
Kurt ThomasNYK+7.3 20.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Courtney AlexanderWAS+5.7 14.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Troy HudsonORL+5.4 16.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.3 14.8 last 10 · 9.5 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+4.8 14.5 last 10 · 9.7 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