FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 4, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CLE by 8 after three quarters and won 105–101.

Final
IND94
ATL95
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +1
Final
CLE101
ORL105
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +4
Final
SAS102
HOU78
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +24
Final
LAC90
DAL115
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +25
Final
MIN87
DEN88
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +1
Final
NYK80
POR88
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +8
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 · 2000–01Apr 4, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs BOS), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ ORL

Tracy McGrady posts 35 and 14 as Orlando beats Cleveland

35 points and 14 rebounds in a 105–101 win.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final00-6-8+4ORL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE22302524101
ORL22242336105
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 29, 48, 11, 20, 25, 29, 31, 35ORL35 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 8, 22, 17, 15, 10, 15, 13, 18ORL18 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 3, 12, 23, 35, 23, 22, 28, 21CLE21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 20, 26, 2, 3, 2, 14, 13, 21CLE21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 25.

ATL over IND1DEN over MIN1ORL over CLE4POR over NYK8SAS over HOU24DAL over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 74 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 73 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 30.4 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 35

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 29, 48, 11, 20, 25, 29, 31, 35ORL vs CLE · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 19, 29, 24, 17, 34, 18, 23, 25DAL vs LAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 25, 18, 17, 19, 12, 2, 20, 25POR vs NYK · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 21, 17, 19, 12, 28, 19, 19, 16, 24HOU vs SAS · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 32, 23, 33, 34, 25, 26, 30, 22SAS @ HOU · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 15, 11, 20, 21, 23, 11, 18, 22IND @ ATL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 0 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
Ricky DavisCLE+7.7 18.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+7.3 17.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shawn MarionPHX+6.8 26.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Bob SuraGSW+4.7 14.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Michael JordanWAS−8.0 14.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Ron MercerIND−7.8 7.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Larry HughesGSW−7.4 5.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Vin BakerSEA−7.0 8.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season