FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 27, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed GSW by 8 at halftime and won 102–99.

Final
GSW99
BOS102
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -8; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +3
Final
ORL104
CHH111
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +6; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +7
Final
NYK89
DET82
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +7
Final
NJN88
PHI80
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +8
Final
MIA80
TOR81
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +1
Final
LAL106
PHX118
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +12
Final
MEM82
SEA96
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +14
Final
SAS93
POR98
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +5
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 27, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ ATL), 41 points.
The lead · GSW @ BOS

Paul Pierce scores 33, Boston rallies past Golden State

Boston trailed by 8 at the half and won 102–99.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-8+6+3BOS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2421223299
BOS23143629102
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 20, 31, 28, 22, 26, 35, 19, 33BOS33 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 38, 31, 19, 17, 17, 28, 17, 22BOS22 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Danny FortsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 20, 10, 21, 2, 7, 10, 12, 20GSW20 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 13, 21, 10, 14, 16, 14, 13, 18GSW18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NJN @ PHI

New Jersey beats Philadelphia, 88–80

New Jersey led 66–56 after three and won by 8. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over MIA1BOS over GSW3POR over SAS5CHH over ORL7NYK over DET7NJN over PHI8PHX over LAL12SEA over MEM14Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 70 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 33, 14, 12, 20, 18, 29, 17, 36LAL @ PHX · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 23, 24, 37, 25, 32, 23, 33, 34SAS @ POR · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 37, 32, 20, 31, 28, 22, 26, 35, 19, 33BOS vs GSW · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 27, 12, 22, 16, 31, 32, 29, 32PHX vs LAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 24, 29, 23, 21, 20, 12, 24, 32SEA vs MEM · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 19, 31, 25, 19, 16, 24, 20, 26PHX vs LAL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.8 15.6 last 10 · 9.8 season
Troy HudsonORL+5.8 16.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Eric SnowPHI+5.1 16.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.1 24.3 last 10 · 19.2 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+5.0 18.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.2 10.4 last 10 · 18.6 season
Larry HughesGSW−8.2 4.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Michael JordanWAS−8.1 15.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Ron MercerIND−6.7 8.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season