FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 8, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed IND by 7 after the first quarter and won 111–99.

Final
ATL99
DET105
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +6
Final
HOU74
ORL83
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +9
Final
CLE111
IND99
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +12
Final
BOS100
CHI105
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
POR87
SAS99
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +12
Final
DAL105
UTA96
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
LAC100
SEA102
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA 0; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +2
Final
MIN100
GSW93
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +7
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 8, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL @ MIN), 34 points.
The lead · CLE @ IND

Ricky Davis scores 32 as Cleveland wins in Indiana

Final: 111–99. Ricky Davis made 12 of 15 shots from the field.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-5-2+12CLE AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE17312538111
IND2429222499
Who led
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 12, 23, 35, 23, 22, 28, 21, 18, 32CLE32 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 2, 3, 2, 14, 13, 21, 16, 20CLE20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jonathan BenderPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 0, 1, 19, 6, 6, 14, 8, 20IND20 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 21, 23, 11, 18, 22, 32, 24, 18IND18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ DET

Detroit beats Atlanta, 105–99

Detroit led 77–72 after three and won by 6. Chucky Atkins led Detroit with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over LAC2CHI over BOS5DET over ATL6MIN over GSW7ORL over HOU9DAL over UTA9CLE over IND12SAS over POR12Final margin, points. Pink = DET over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 76 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 75 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Desmond Mason leads the day with 36

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.
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 8, 14, 10, 14, 20, 9, 9, 36SEA vs LAC · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 17, 22, 5, 15, 13, 20, 18, 33BOS @ CHI · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 3, 12, 23, 35, 23, 22, 28, 21, 18, 32CLE @ IND · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 24, 32, 7, 28, 32, 16, 22, 29HOU @ ORL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 25, 13, 11, 16, 20, 17, 19, 25GSW vs MIN · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 13, 16, 23, 20, 19, 17, 19, 24ATL @ DET · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 12 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+10.3 21.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+6.8 17.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Bob SuraGSW+6.4 16.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.8 25.2 last 10 · 19.4 season
Jake TsakalidisPHX+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Ron MercerIND−9.8 5.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Michael JordanWAS−8.0 14.9 last 10 · 22.9 season
Larry HughesGSW−7.2 5.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Vin BakerSEA−6.1 8.7 last 10 · 14.8 season