FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 1, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed CLE by 8 after the first quarter and won 101–99.

Final · OT · Box score
Sonics101
Cavs99
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -5; Q4 Sonics 0; OT1 SEA +2
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Knicks95
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +7
Final · Box score
Rockets108
Bucks91
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +17
Final · Box score
Suns71
Spurs91
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +20
Final · Box score
Clippers81
Blazers94
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +13
On this day · 1999–00Mar 1, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (Jazz-Pistons), 31 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Cavs

Seattle needs overtime to survive Cleveland

Marcus Camby goes for 27 points

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-3-50+2SEA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Sonics183019268101
Cavs26252121699
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 2, 11, 20, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 27SEA27 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 5, 10, 18, 21, 17, 3, 14, 22SEA22 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 8, 2, 4, 0, 8, 19, 16, 21CLE21 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 14, 29, 13, 16, 9, 10, 16, 18CLE18 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Clippers-Blazers

Portland makes it three straight

Portland beat Clippers 94–81 and moved to 41–18. Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Wvs SEA97–80Wvs MIN109–88Wvs SAC105–81Lvs BOS81–85Wvs DEN104–94Lvs UTA84–90L@ LAC120–123W@ HOU95–89W@ SAS95–87Wvs LAC94–81
The night in charts
Sonics-Cavs combined for 200, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Sonics-CavsSonics 101, Cavs 99
200
Rockets-BucksRockets 108, Bucks 91
199
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 88, Knicks 95
183
Clippers-BlazersClippers 81, Blazers 94
175
Suns-SpursSuns 71, Spurs 91
162
SEA won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Sonics-CavsSonics 101, Cavs 99
+2 SEA
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 88, Knicks 95
+7 NYK
Clippers-BlazersClippers 81, Blazers 94
+13 POR
Rockets-BucksRockets 108, Bucks 91
+17 HOU
Suns-SpursSuns 71, Spurs 91
+20 SAS
SEA rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sonics-CavsSEA won · Sonics 101, Cavs 99
8 pts
Clippers-BlazersPOR won · Clippers 81, Blazers 94
1 pt
Lamond Murray shot 9-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Lamond MurrayCLE · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL
69% (9-13)
Walt WilliamsHOU · 13 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
SabonisPOR · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 BLK
59% (10-17)
Rasheed WallacePOR · 15 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
PaytonSEA · 27 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
57% (12-21)
Final · Sonics-Cavs
Sonics 101Cavs 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Sonics183019268101
Cavs26252121699
The story
Ruben Patterson had 22 points as Seattle beat Cleveland 101-99 in OT

Clar. Weatherspoon led Cleveland with 15 PTS, 14 REB 22 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 5 STL · 7-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the first, the SuperSonics took the second 30-25.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −8−3−50+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Celtics-Knicks
Celtics 88Knicks 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics1622321888
Knicks2229261895
The story
Larry Johnson's 21 points and 10 rebounds carried New York past Boston, 95-88

For Boston, Paul Pierce had 23 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST 21 PTS, 10 REB · 7-16 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 29-22, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +6+13+7+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Bucks
Rockets 108Bucks 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets30273615108
Bucks2322301691
The story
Houston beat Milwaukee 108-91 behind 21 points from Shandon Anderson

Ray Allen paced Milwaukee: 15 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 21 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 8-14 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 30-23 first quarter did the most damage for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +7+12+18+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 29

Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 13, 35, 19, 12, 17, 14, 21, 29Rockets-Bucks · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Marcus CambyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 8, 2, 13, 24, 9, 6, 21, 27Knicks-Celtics · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 2, 11, 20, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 27Sonics-Cavs · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 26, 20, 23, 22, 18, 31, 16, 25Spurs-Suns · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 18, 14, 22, 31, 23, 24, 24, 23Celtics-Knicks · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 6, 22, 20, 18, 14, 17, 16, 23Bucks-Rockets · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vlade DivacSAC+6.5 18.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jason TerryATL+5.8 25.2 last 10 · 19.4 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.3 21.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.3 36.2 last 10 · 30.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+4.8 18.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonNYK−6.6 3.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.6 5.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Alan HendersonATL−5.5 5.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Eric SnowPHI−4.9 4.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
David WesleyCHH−4.5 13.2 last 10 · 17.7 season