FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 6, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHX by 3 after three quarters and won 108–104.

Final
DAL87
SAS89
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +2
Final
CHH93
ATL86
Q1 CHH +13; Q2 CHH 0; Q3 CHH +5; Q4 CHH +7
Final
CHI101
CLE120
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +24; Q3 CLE +24; Q4 CLE +19
Final
PHX104
MIN108
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +4
Final
MEM85
WAS88
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
GSW86
POR113
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +27
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 6, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ BOS), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Kevin Garnett scores 32 in Minnesota win over Phoenix

Final: 108–104. Kevin Garnett added 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0+70-3+4MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX20322527104
MIN27252234108
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 23, 31, 20, 12, 23, 18, 21, 32MIN32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 13, 8, 23, 6, 15, 26, 13, 19MIN19 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 20, 26, 23, 18, 14, 27, 12, 23PHX23 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 29, 32, 26, 26, 28, 21, 7, 20PHX20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 27.

SAS over DAL2WAS over MEM3MIN over PHX4CHH over ATL7CLE over CHI19POR over GSW27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 75 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 74 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 29.0 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 33

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 23, 33, 34, 25, 26, 30, 22, 33SAS vs DAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 23, 31, 20, 12, 23, 18, 21, 32MIN vs PHX · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 44, 26, 15, 26, 20, 16, 14, 30, 35, 30CHI @ CLE · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 2, 7, 17, 20, 13, 16, 12, 27DAL @ SAS · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 29, 24, 17, 34, 18, 23, 25, 26DAL @ SAS · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 36, 20, 22, 6, 25, 22, 27, 25CHH @ ATL · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 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
Ricky DavisCLE+8.4 19.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+7.3 17.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.8 25.2 last 10 · 19.4 season
Bob SuraGSW+5.5 15.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jalen RoseCHI+5.3 25.6 last 10 · 20.3 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−7.2 5.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Vin BakerSEA−6.7 8.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season