FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 29, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHX by 11 at halftime and won 96–94.

Final
MIL98
WAS107
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +9
Final
DAL108
BOS82
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +38; Q4 DAL +26
Final
SAC92
CHH87
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +5
Final
ATL80
MIA92
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +12
Final
MIN98
NYK77
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +32; Q4 MIN +21
Final
IND106
ORL114
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +8
Final
GSW103
DET110
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +7
Final
LAC96
PHX94
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +2
Final
SAS76
SEA79
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +3
Final
POR79
LAL91
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +3; 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 29, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (PHX @ HOU), 43 points.
The lead · LAC @ PHX

Clippers climb out of an 11-point hole against Phoenix

Down 11 at the half, the Clippers won the third quarter 36–24 and the game 96–94. Elton Brand led Clippers with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-2-11+1+2LAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1715362896
PHX1924242794
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 18, 8, 20, 30, 16, 15, 3, 23LAC23 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 14, 30, 15, 18, 18, 14, 12, 20LAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 12, 22, 16, 31, 32, 29, 32, 26PHX26 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 31, 25, 19, 16, 24, 20, 26, 23PHX23 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 70 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 69 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 26.

LAC over PHX2SEA over SAS3SAC over CHH5DET over GSW7ORL over IND8WAS over MIL9MIA over ATL12LAL over POR12MIN over NYK21DAL over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 16, 28, 32, 17, 28, 21, 19, 24, 34LAL vs POR · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 14, 12, 20, 18, 29, 17, 36, 34LAL vs POR · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 16, 37, 9, 7, 11, 14, 9, 34WAS vs MIL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 50, 22, 35, 30, 29, 48, 11, 20, 25, 29ORL vs IND · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 12, 22, 16, 31, 32, 29, 32, 26PHX vs LAC · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 24, 37, 25, 32, 23, 33, 34, 25SAS @ SEA · L
25.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 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
Troy HudsonORL+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.2 15.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.2 24.5 last 10 · 19.3 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Ricky DavisCLE+4.9 15.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Larry HughesGSW−8.2 4.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Ron MercerIND−7.8 7.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Michael JordanWAS−6.5 17.0 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−6.4 12.1 last 10 · 18.5 season