FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 31, 2002Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed PHI by 11 at halftime and won 72–70.

Final
MIL80
BOS110
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +30
Final
SAC92
ATL91
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +1
Final
MIA81
IND100
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +19
Final
NYK90
ORL97
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DAL110
WAS103
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +7
Final
NJN85
MIN86
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +1
Final
TOR72
PHI70
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +2
Final
SAS95
LAL96
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +1
Final
DEN82
DET86
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET +4
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 31, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU @ WAS), 25 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHI

Toronto climbs back to beat Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 11 at the half. Toronto won it 72–70. Antonio Davis led Toronto with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-7-11+1+2TOR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1913211972
PHI261791870
Who led
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 27, 14, 10, 14, 17, 19, 15, 16TOR16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chris ChildsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 1, 2, 2, 5, 0, 6, 0, 4, 14TOR14 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 20, 9, 20, 15, 18, 13, 23, 16PHI16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 9, 3, 9, 16, 12, 11, 7, 13PHI13 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Celtics rout

Five of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Milwaukee by 30.

SAC over ATL1MIN over NJN1LAL over SAS1TOR over PHI2DET over DEN4ORL over NYK7DAL over WAS7IND over MIA19BOS over MIL30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 32

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 28, 22, 26, 35, 19, 33, 19, 32BOS vs MIL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 30, 29, 48, 11, 20, 25, 29, 31ORL vs NYK · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 14, 12, 20, 18, 29, 17, 36, 34, 31LAL vs SAS · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 31, 35, 20, 24, 35, 19, 23, 29SAC @ ATL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 16, 16, 13, 25, 18, 19, 16, 29MIL @ BOS · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 37, 25, 32, 23, 33, 34, 25, 26SAS @ LAL · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 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
Ricky DavisCLE+6.3 17.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Troy HudsonORL+6.1 17.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.9 25.3 last 10 · 19.4 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+5.7 19.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Ron MercerIND−7.8 7.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Michael JordanWAS−7.5 15.8 last 10 · 23.3 season
Larry HughesGSW−7.4 5.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−6.5 12.0 last 10 · 18.5 season