FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 24, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 3 after the first quarter and won 97–96.

Final
BOS101
DET109
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +8
Final
WAS91
TOR92
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +1
Final
CHH99
IND84
Q1 CHH +8; Q2 CHH +16; Q3 CHH +11; Q4 CHH +15
Final
ORL85
MIL110
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +24; Q4 MIL +25
Final
NYK82
PHI90
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +8
Final
ATL102
NJN116
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +14
Final
LAL97
SAC96
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +1
Final
HOU116
GSW104
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +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 24, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (GSW vs DET), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Lakers win a tight one over Sacramento

97–96. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+2-1+1LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2724222497
SAC3019252296
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 23, 21, 33, 14, 12, 20, 18, 29LAL29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 40, 9, 40, 16, 28, 32, 17, 28, 21LAL21 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 20, 20, 26, 22, 31, 35, 20, 24SAC24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 7, 10, 11, 13, 18, 9, 11, 18SAC18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ATL @ NJN

New Jersey makes it three straight

New Jersey beat Atlanta 116–102 and moved to 45–25. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 15 assists.

Streak strip · NJN
L@ POR73–82L@ SEA90–96Wvs TOR86–84L@ BOS89–97Wvs MIA97–78W@ MEM87–76L@ CLE97–100Wvs POR97–82Wvs MIL108–84Wvs ATL116–102NJN: last 10 games through Mar 24, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Jamal Mashburn leads the day with 36

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: 27, 10, 26, 13, 26, 23, 31, 19, 29, 36CHH @ IND · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 37, 32, 20, 31, 28, 22, 26, 35BOS @ DET · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 18, 16, 14, 24, 4, 10, 5, 31HOU @ GSW · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 7, 24, 25, 24, 20, 23, 21, 30DET vs BOS · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 26, 19, 25, 33, 9, 25, 20, 30ATL @ NJN · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 23, 21, 33, 14, 12, 20, 18, 29LAL @ SAC · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.0 15.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+5.3 18.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Troy HudsonORL+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Courtney AlexanderWAS+4.1 12.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.7 8.9 last 10 · 18.6 season
Michael JordanWAS−7.1 16.5 last 10 · 23.6 season
Ron MercerIND−7.0 8.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−6.5 6.8 last 10 · 13.3 season