FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 28, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed ATL by 6 after three quarters and won 85–83.

Final
TOR85
ATL83
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +2
Final
DEN88
MIL95
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +7
Final
DAL111
MIN113
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +2
Final
PHI99
CHI79
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +25; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +20
Final
SAC101
HOU74
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +27
Final
CLE91
UTA112
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +21
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 28, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ PHI), 44 points.
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Toronto takes over late to edge Atlanta

Down 6 after three, Toronto won the fourth 21–13. Final: 85–83. Antonio Davis led Toronto with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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+80-6+2TOR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2621172185
ATL1829231383
Who led
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 15, 27, 14, 10, 14, 17, 19, 15TOR15 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 12, 4, 18, 19, 18, 26, 21, 15TOR15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 25, 33, 9, 25, 20, 30, 18, 23ATL23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 11, 9, 22, 15, 23, 17, 13, 16ATL16 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · PHI @ CHI

Philadelphia routs Chicago by 20

Philadelphia led by 25 at halftime and won 99–79. Eric Snow led Philadelphia with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over ATL2MIN over DAL2MIL over DEN7PHI over CHI20UTA over CLE21SAC over HOU27Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over CHI.
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
10.4Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 71 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 19, 30, 17, 19, 29, 24, 17, 34DAL @ MIN · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 14, 19, 15, 27, 23, 18, 21, 29MIL vs DEN · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 27, 7, 18, 21, 33, 11, 4, 20, 28, 26MIN vs DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 7, 18, 0, 6, 24, 21, 16, 25DEN @ MIL · L
11.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Eric SnowPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 11, 20, 9, 5, 17, 14, 21, 24PHI @ CHI · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 23, 11, 7, 11, 19, 13, 8, 23MIN vs DAL · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 17 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
Shawn MarionPHX+5.1 24.3 last 10 · 19.2 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+5.0 18.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.0 15.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Larry HughesGSW−8.2 4.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Michael JordanWAS−8.1 15.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−7.1 11.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Ron MercerIND−6.7 8.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season