FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 23, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 10 at halftime and won 108–99.

Final
CHI96
ATL112
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +16
Final
POR108
MIN99
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +9
Final
MEM100
DAL111
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +11
Final
MIA79
SAS89
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +10
Final
GSW103
UTA112
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +9
Final
SEA85
DEN88
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +3
Final
PHX97
LAC94
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +3
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 23, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs WAS), 40 points.
The lead · POR @ MIN

Portland climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 10 at the half. Portland won it 108–99. Damon Stoudamire led Portland with 21 points, 1 rebound and 9 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-3-10+1+9POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR29182536108
MIN3225142899
Who led
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 9, 14, 8, 4, 9, 14, 12, 21POR21 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 12, 28, 14, 8, 11, 11, 3, 18POR18 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 4, 26, 17, 24, 16, 20, 25, 23MIN23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 27, 7, 18, 21, 33, 11, 4, 20MIN20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · GSW @ UTA

Golden State's skid reaches nine

Utah won 112–103; the Warriors fall to 17–51. Donyell Marshall led Utah with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · GSW
W@ HOU108–95L@ DAL105–107L@ ATL96–121L@ IND101–115Lvs LAL102–110Lvs DAL100–117Lvs WAS96–99L@ SEA93–110Lvs LAC96–116L@ UTA103–112GSW: last 10 games through Mar 23, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Shawn Marion 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.
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 24, 18, 27, 12, 22, 16, 31, 32PHX @ LAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 27, 25, 23, 20, 16, 11, 23, 28GSW @ UTA · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 11, 35, 14, 20, 44, 26, 15, 26CHI @ ATL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 18, 16, 15, 16, 11, 13, 1, 25UTA vs GSW · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 25, 21, 14, 3, 27, 22, 23, 24UTA vs GSW · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 28, 22, 19, 31, 25, 19, 16, 24PHX @ LAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 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
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 14.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.7 8.9 last 10 · 18.6 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Larry HughesGSW−6.5 6.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−6.5 6.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Michael JordanWAS−6.1 17.6 last 10 · 23.7 season