FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 9, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHH by 12 after the first quarter and won 84–80.

Final
CHH80
TOR84
Q1 TOR -12; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +4
Final · 2OT
HOU117
MIA120
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +3
Final
WAS88
NJN101
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +13
Final
ORL108
NYK97
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +11
Final
DEN86
MEM97
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +11
Final
PHI92
MIL90
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +2
Final
POR96
DAL108
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +12
Final
SEA92
PHX99
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +7
Final
UTA82
LAL112
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +30
Final
MIN103
SAC122
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +19
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 9, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs BOS), 37 points.
The lead · CHH @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 12 down to beat Charlotte

Trailing by 12 after one, Toronto outscored the Hornets 70–54 the rest of the way. Final: 84–80. Antonio Davis led Toronto with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-12-2-2+4TOR AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH2620181680
TOR1430182284
Who led
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 17, 19, 15, 16, 25, 27, 21, 24TOR24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 26, 21, 15, 11, 26, 10, 9, 15TOR15 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 20, 22, 6, 25, 22, 27, 25, 21CHH21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
P.J. BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 18, 10, 13, 2, 15, 4, 15, 16CHH16 PTS · 12 REB · 0 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
14.2Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 71 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 73 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Lakers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Utah by 30.

PHI over MIL2MIA over HOU3TOR over CHH4PHX over SEA7ORL over NYK11MEM over DEN11DAL over POR12NJN over WAS13SAC over MIN19LAL over UTA30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Steve Francis 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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 32, 7, 28, 32, 16, 22, 29, 35HOU @ MIA · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 19, 23, 29, 18, 28, 28, 16, 30SAC vs MIN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 12, 28, 19, 19, 16, 24, 17, 30HOU @ MIA · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 16, 25, 14, 3, 6, 20, 19, 29ORL @ NYK · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 26, 23, 18, 14, 27, 12, 23, 27PHX vs SEA · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 36, 12, 24, 15, 20, 18, 20, 27DAL vs POR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 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+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
Jake TsakalidisPHX+5.8 12.9 last 10 · 7.1 season
Eric SnowPHI+5.0 16.6 last 10 · 11.6 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
Anfernee HardawayPHX−6.6 5.9 last 10 · 12.5 season