FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 5, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 11 after the first quarter and won 102–97.

Final
PHX87
IND97
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +10
Final
DET92
PHI88
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +4
Final
LAL81
BOS99
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +18
Final
WAS91
CHH97
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +14; Q3 CHH +17; Q4 CHH +6
Final
MIL97
MIA102
Q1 MIA -11; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +5
Final
ORL85
NJN110
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +19; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +25
Final
HOU81
MEM99
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +18
Final
TOR98
CHI96
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
SAC117
UTA109
Q1 SAC +18; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +8
Final
NYK86
SEA83
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DEN104
GSW108
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +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 · 2000–01Apr 5, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ CHI), 39 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Miami climbs out of an 11-point hole against Milwaukee

Down 11 after one, the Heat won the second quarter 32–26 and the game 102–97. Eddie House led Miami with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-11-5-1+5MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2726251997
MIA16322925102
Who led
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 13, 7, 4, 13, 6, 4, 12, 22MIA22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 16, 20, 17, 10, 8, 9, 14, 18MIA18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 25, 18, 19, 16, 29, 20, 38, 19MIL19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 18, 21, 29, 18, 18, 20, 19, 19MIL19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 74 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.9Season avg21.6Last 3

21.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.9 in 63 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

New Jersey posts the night's biggest win

New Jersey beat Orlando by 25, the widest margin of 11 games.

TOR over CHI2NYK over SEA3DET over PHI4GSW over DEN4MIA over MIL5CHH over WAS6SAC over UTA8IND over PHX10BOS over LAL18MEM over HOU18NJN over ORL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Jalen Rose 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.
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 44, 26, 15, 26, 20, 16, 14, 30, 35CHI vs TOR · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 30, 12, 18, 21, 22, 14, 12, 34DET @ PHI · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 26, 35, 19, 33, 19, 32, 29, 33BOS vs LAL · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 21, 23, 9, 9, 26, 15, 18, 32MEM vs HOU · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 11, 13, 1, 25, 1, 10, 7, 32UTA vs SAC · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 11, 20, 21, 23, 11, 18, 22, 32IND vs PHX · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 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
Bob SuraGSW+5.8 15.8 last 10 · 10.0 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.4 24.8 last 10 · 19.4 season
Jake TsakalidisPHX+4.6 11.7 last 10 · 7.1 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−6.7 8.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season