FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 7, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MIL by 3 at halftime and won 89–87.

Final
MIL87
PHI89
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +2
Final
LAL96
MIA88
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +8
Final
IND84
TOR94
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +10
Final
BOS102
NJN90
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +12
Final
DEN75
LAC97
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +24; Q4 LAC +22
Final
NYK82
SAC116
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +31; Q3 SAC +39; Q4 SAC +34
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 7, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (WAS vs BOS), 38 points.
The lead · MIL @ PHI

Philadelphia takes over late to edge Milwaukee

Down 1 after three, Philadelphia won the fourth 20–17. Final: 89–87. Eric Snow led Philadelphia with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-3-1+2PHI AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2625191787
PHI2523212089
Who led
Eric SnowPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 14, 21, 24, 20, 13, 12, 16, 15PHI15 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 12, 3, 12, 13, 12, 22, 15, 15PHI15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 20, 20, 23, 22, 16, 13, 18, 25MIL25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 21, 29, 18, 18, 20, 19, 19, 19MIL19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · IND @ TOR

Toronto makes it eight straight

Toronto beat Indiana 94–84 and moved to 38–38. Alvin Williams led Toronto with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · TOR
Lvs SAC113–116L@ MIN80–112W@ CLE94–80Wvs WAS92–91Wvs MIA81–80W@ ATL85–83W@ PHI72–70Wvs CHI117–104W@ CHI98–96Wvs IND94–84TOR: last 10 games through Apr 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 74 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.9Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 40

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 28, 21, 19, 24, 34, 24, 22, 40LAL @ MIA · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 35, 19, 33, 19, 32, 29, 33, 32BOS @ NJN · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 13, 9, 13, 14, 14, 12, 18, 26TOR vs IND · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 24, 16, 16, 14, 26, 19, 11, 26IND @ TOR · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 20, 20, 23, 22, 16, 13, 18, 25MIL @ PHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 21, 23, 11, 18, 22, 32, 24IND @ TOR · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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+8.4 19.1 last 10 · 10.7 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
Ron MercerIND−8.7 6.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Michael JordanWAS−8.0 14.9 last 10 · 22.9 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