FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 30, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHH trailed CLE by 6 after three quarters and won 93–85.

Final
PHI92
NJN102
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +10
Final
CHH93
CLE85
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH -3; Q3 CHH -6; Q4 CHH +8
Final
GSW99
MEM105
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +6
Final
DEN100
CHI84
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +16
Final
PHX90
HOU88
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +2
Final
SEA92
POR87
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +1; Q4 SEA +5
Final
UTA105
LAC92
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +13
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 30, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN @ CHH), 41 points.
The lead · CHH @ CLE

Cleveland's skid reaches six

Charlotte won 93–85; the Cavaliers fall to 25–48. Baron Davis led Charlotte with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 17 assists.

Game flow · CHH 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 Q3Final00-3-6+8CHH AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH2123202993
CLE2126231585
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 5, 18, 25, 15, 21, 15, 18, 20CHH20 PTS · 5 REB · 17 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 7, 6, 4, 5, 14, 21, 15, 17CHH17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 10, 11, 3, 12, 23, 35, 23, 22CLE22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 4, 4, 20, 26, 2, 3, 2, 14CLE14 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ LAC

Utah handles Clippers by 13

The Jazz won the second quarter 27–16. Final: 105–92. Bryon Russell led Utah with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over HOU2SEA over POR5MEM over GSW6CHH over CLE8NJN over PHI10UTA over LAC13DEN over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 72 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg38.6Today

39 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Michael Olowokandi leads the day with 28

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.
Michael OlowokandiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 4, 11, 26, 9, 16, 26, 23, 14, 28LAC vs UTA · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 21, 23, 13, 13, 24, 32, 7, 28HOU vs PHX · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 22, 18, 13, 21, 23, 9, 9, 26MEM vs GSW · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 22, 16, 31, 32, 29, 32, 26, 26PHX @ HOU · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 13, 10, 16, 10, 2, 13, 5, 24POR vs SEA · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 20, 20, 9, 20, 15, 18, 13, 23PHI @ NJN · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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
Michael OlowokandiLAC+7.4 17.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Troy HudsonORL+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE+6.3 17.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.9 25.3 last 10 · 19.4 season
Eric SnowPHI+5.1 16.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Ron MercerIND−7.8 7.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Larry HughesGSW−7.4 5.2 last 10 · 12.6 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