FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 6, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 17 after the first quarter and won 97–83.

Final · Box score
Wolves95
Hornets89
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +6
Final · Box score
Pacers83
Knicks97
Q1 NYK -17; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
Cavs74
Bulls87
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +13
Final · Box score
Suns93
Nuggets82
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +11
Final · Box score
Raptors91
Kings98
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +7
Final · Box score
Grizzlies105
Blazers97
Q1 VAN -3; Q2 VAN -4; Q3 VAN -4; Q4 VAN +8
Final · Box score
Spurs101
Sonics73
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +28
Final · Box score
Lakers97
Warriors85
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
On this day · 1999–00Mar 6, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers-Clippers), 61 points.
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The lead · Pacers-Knicks

New York storms back from 17 down to beat Indiana

Kevin Garnett goes for 22 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-1+6+14NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers3019201483
Knicks1335272297
Who led
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 12, 6, 10, 4, 16, 10, 17, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 11, 26, 18, 21, 13, 16, 27, 16NYK16 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 8, 11, 18, 15, 11, 7, 10, 18IND18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 19, 15, 29, 26, 16, 24, 17, 16IND16 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
The night in charts
Grizzlies-Blazers combined for 202, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 105, Blazers 97
202
Raptors-KingsRaptors 91, Kings 98
189
Wolves-HornetsWolves 95, Hornets 89
184
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 97, Warriors 85
182
Pacers-KnicksPacers 83, Knicks 97
180
Suns-NuggetsSuns 93, Nuggets 82
175
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 101, Sonics 73
174
Cavs-BullsCavs 74, Bulls 87
161
MIN won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Wolves-HornetsWolves 95, Hornets 89
+6 MIN
Raptors-KingsRaptors 91, Kings 98
+7 SAC
Grizzlies-BlazersGrizzlies 105, Blazers 97
+8 VAN
Suns-NuggetsSuns 93, Nuggets 82
+11 PHX
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 97, Warriors 85
+12 LAL
Cavs-BullsCavs 74, Bulls 87
+13 CHI
Pacers-KnicksPacers 83, Knicks 97
+14 NYK
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 101, Sonics 73
+28 SAS
NYK erased a 17-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pacers-KnicksNYK won · Pacers 83, Knicks 97
17 pts
Raptors-KingsSAC won · Raptors 91, Kings 98
10 pts
Lakers-WarriorsLAL won · Lakers 97, Warriors 85
4 pts
Grizzlies-BlazersVAN won · Grizzlies 105, Blazers 97
4 pts
Marion shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MarionPHX · 22 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
83% (10-12)
KGMIN · 22 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST, 3 BLK
71% (10-14)
BlaylockGSW · 25 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
DickersonVAN · 20 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
ShaqLAL · 26 PTS, 17 REB, 5 AST, 4 BLK
63% (10-16)
Final · Wolves-Hornets
Wolves 95Hornets 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves3119202595
Hornets1917282589
The story
Terrell Brandon had 13 points and 9 assists as Minnesota beat Charlotte 95-89

David Wesley led Charlotte with 21 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 13 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 4 STL · 5-13 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves won the first 31-19, their biggest quarter edge.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +12+14+6+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Kings
Raptors 91Kings 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2717242391
Kings1721352598
The story
Vlade Divac's 17 points and 17 rebounds carried Sacramento past Toronto, 98-91

For Toronto, Vince Carter had 25 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST · 4-8 FG

The swing

The Kings trailed by 6 going into the third, then won it 35-24.

SAC lead by quarter
200 −10−6+5+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pacers-Knicks
Pacers 83Knicks 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers3019201483
Knicks1335272297
The story
New York beat Indiana 97-83 behind 19 points from Kurt Thomas

Jalen Rose paced Indiana: 16 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 19 PTS, 6 REB, 3 STL · 6-7 FG

The swing

A 35-19 second quarter erased a 17-point hole for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −17−1+6+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Seattle by 28, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIN over CHH6SAC over TOR7VAN over POR8PHX over DEN11LAL over GSW12CHI over CLE13NYK over IND14SAS over SEA28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 29

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 38, 18, 25, 33, 19, 38, 20, 22, 29Lakers-Warriors · W
29.4 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 30, 19, 20, 19, 27, 26, 44, 28Sonics-Spurs · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 38, 35, 29, 22, 30, 37, 23, 34, 26, 26Lakers-Warriors · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 27, 22, 14, 36, 19, 10, 12, 26Grizzlies-Blazers · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 11, 20, 16, 4, 18, 3, 17, 25Raptors-Kings · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mookie BlaylockPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 18, 4, 7, 8, 9, 9, 3, 25Warriors-Lakers · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vlade DivacSAC+7.2 19.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.6 37.7 last 10 · 31.1 season
Shawn MarionPHX+6.0 22.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Fred HoibergCHI+5.3 13.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonNYK−6.4 3.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Sean ElliottSAS−4.8 4.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.5 6.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Stephen JacksonNJN−4.4 4.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Felipe LopezMIN−4.3 3.3 last 10 · 7.6 season