FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 9, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 14 after the first quarter and won 109–106.

Final · Box score
Sixers112
Hawks91
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +21
Final · Box score
Heat93
Grizzlies88
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +5
Final · Box score
Spurs100
Bulls73
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +27
Final · Box score
Warriors105
Mavs107
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +2
Final · OT · Box score
Blazers106
Nuggets109
Q1 DEN -14; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final · Box score
Nets90
Sonics96
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 Sonics 0; Q4 SEA +6
On this day · 2000–01Mar 9, 2001: 12 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Hawks), 47 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Nuggets

Denver needs overtime to survive Portland

Rasheed Wallace goes for 26 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-11-80+3DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Blazers3617212111106
Nuggets2220242914109
Who led
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 20, 6, 13, 2, 20, 3, 10, 26DEN26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 16, 28, 21, 24, 30, 8, 30, 22DEN22 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 17, 19, 15, 10, 19, 14, 12, 28POR28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 29, 22, 20, 24, 15, 28, 18, 26POR26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Warriors-Mavs

Dallas never trails at a break against Golden State

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 107–105. Michael Finley led Dallas with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over GSW2DEN over POR3MIA over MEM5SEA over NJN6PHI over ATL21SAS over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over GSW.
The night in charts
Blazers-Nuggets combined for 215, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 106, Nuggets 109
215
Warriors-MavsWarriors 105, Mavs 107
212
Sixers-HawksSixers 112, Hawks 91
203
Nets-SonicsNets 90, Sonics 96
186
Heat-GrizzliesHeat 93, Grizzlies 88
181
Spurs-BullsSpurs 100, Bulls 73
173
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Warriors-MavsWarriors 105, Mavs 107
+2 DAL
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 106, Nuggets 109
+3 DEN
Heat-GrizzliesHeat 93, Grizzlies 88
+5 MIA
Nets-SonicsNets 90, Sonics 96
+6 SEA
Sixers-HawksSixers 112, Hawks 91
+21 PHI
Spurs-BullsSpurs 100, Bulls 73
+27 SAS
McCloud shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
McCloudDEN · 26 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
79% (11-14)
MasonSEA · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
ClaxtonPHI · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
NashDAL · 22 PTS, 8 AST, 1 REB
62% (8-13)
Abdur-RahimATL · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
Final · Warriors-Mavs
Warriors 105Mavs 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors22322427105
Mavs32252822107
The story
Michael Finley's 28 points carried Dallas past Golden State, 107-105

For Golden State, Jason Richardson had 21 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST · 12-22 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-22, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +10+3+7+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dirk Nowitzki was the fantasy play: 47.2 FPTS on 19 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST

Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 106Nuggets 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Blazers3617212111106
Nuggets2220242914109
The story
Juwan Howard had 22 points and 12 rebounds as Denver beat Portland 109-106 in OT

Bonzi Wells led Portland with 21 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST 22 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 9-25 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Nuggets took the fourth 29-21.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −14−11−80+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Spurs-Bulls
Spurs 100Bulls 73
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs27282124100
Bulls1619172173
The story
San Antonio beat Chicago 100-73 behind 22 points and 11 rebounds from Tim Duncan

David Robinson backed him with 13 PTS, 11 REB 22 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 6-13 FG

The swing

A 27-16 first quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
300 +11+20+24+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.7Season avg24.7Last 3

24.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.7 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg48.1Today

48 minutes today, against 31.5 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Scottie Pippen leads the day with 28

Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 17, 19, 15, 10, 19, 14, 12, 28Blazers-Nuggets · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 46, 32, 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28Sixers-Hawks · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 24, 15, 30, 25, 30, 24, 25, 28Mavs-Warriors · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 29, 22, 20, 24, 15, 28, 18, 26Blazers-Nuggets · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 20, 6, 13, 2, 20, 3, 10, 26Nuggets-Blazers · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 19, 25, 23, 24, 14, 23, 19, 26Hawks-Sixers · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jason RichardsonGSW+7.0 20.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Antonio DavisTOR+5.8 19.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.8 19.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jonathan BenderIND+4.4 11.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−9.9 9.8 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−5.7 6.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jumaine JonesCLE−5.2 3.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.6 11.0 last 10 · 15.6 season