FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 13, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final · Box score
Nets89
Celtics97
Q1 Celtics 0; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
Nuggets102
Hawks105
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +3
Final · Box score
Cavs84
Pistons85
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +1
Final · OT · Box score
Suns114
Magic119
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 Magic 0; OT1 ORL +5
Final · Box score
Rockets96
Wolves95
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +1
Final · Box score
Kings92
Sixers88
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC -5; Q4 SAC +4
Final · Box score
Wizards75
Clippers96
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +21
On this day · 2000–01Mar 13, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (Celtics-Lakers), 42 points.
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The lead · Kings-Sixers

Sacramento makes it four straight

Tracy McGrady goes for 35 points

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-7-5+4SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings2421192892
Sixers3121171988
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 16, 32, 13, 24, 20, 20, 26, 22SAC22 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 19, 26, 18, 26, 24, 21, 29, 21SAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32PHI32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 10, 16, 8, 20, 18, 16, 20, 20PHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
The night in charts
Suns-Magic combined for 233, 26 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-MagicSuns 114, Magic 119
233
Nuggets-HawksNuggets 102, Hawks 105
207
Rockets-WolvesRockets 96, Wolves 95
191
Nets-CelticsNets 89, Celtics 97
186
Kings-SixersKings 92, Sixers 88
180
Wizards-ClippersWizards 75, Clippers 96
171
Cavs-PistonsCavs 84, Pistons 85
169
5 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Cavs-PistonsCavs 84, Pistons 85
+1 DET
Rockets-WolvesRockets 96, Wolves 95
+1 HOU
Nuggets-HawksNuggets 102, Hawks 105
+3 ATL
Kings-SixersKings 92, Sixers 88
+4 SAC
Suns-MagicSuns 114, Magic 119
+5 ORL
Nets-CelticsNets 89, Celtics 97
+8 BOS
Wizards-ClippersWizards 75, Clippers 96
+21 LAC
SAC rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-SixersSAC won · Kings 92, Sixers 88
7 pts
Rockets-WolvesHOU won · Rockets 96, Wolves 95
6 pts
Terry shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
TerryATL · 31 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
79% (11-14)
Joe JohnsonPHX · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL
64% (7-11)
Abdur-RahimATL · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
PierceBOS · 32 PTS, 7 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST
61% (11-18)
HudsonORL · 34 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
61% (14-23)
Final · Rockets-Wolves
Rockets 96Wolves 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2323203096
Wolves2417312395
The story
Houston beat Minnesota 96-95 behind 14 points from Kenny Thomas

Chauncey Billups paced Minnesota: 23 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB 14 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL, 3 BLK · 3-10 FG

The swing

A 30-23 fourth quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −1+5−6+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Hawks
Nuggets 102Hawks 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets24262626102
Hawks26312820105
The story
Jason Terry's 31 points and 8 assists carried Atlanta past Denver, 105-102

For Denver, Antonio McDyess had 16 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 31 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL · 11-14 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 31-26, was where the Hawks built it.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +2+7+9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Magic
Suns 114Magic 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Suns223129275114
Magic2834242310119
The story
Troy Hudson had 34 points as Orlando beat Phoenix 119-114 in OT

Anfernee Hardaway led Phoenix with 16 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB 34 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 14-23 FG, 5-10 3PT

The swing

The Magic won the first 28-22, their biggest quarter edge.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +6+9+40+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Clippers rout

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Washington by 21.

DET over CLE1HOU over MIN1ATL over DEN3SAC over PHI4ORL over PHX5BOS over NJN8LAC over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 35

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 29, 30, 13, 17, 50, 22, 35Magic-Suns · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 6, 17, 13, 16, 12, 5, 10, 34Magic-Suns · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 43, 42, 28, 46, 41, 28, 35, 32Sixers-Kings · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 21, 20, 28, 22, 31, 18, 37, 32Celtics-Nets · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 35, 26, 21, 13, 20, 28, 22, 19, 31Suns-Magic · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 25, 18, 3, 11, 29, 25, 32, 31Hawks-Nuggets · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Courtney AlexanderWAS+7.7 15.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Juwan HowardDEN+6.6 20.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.5 19.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Antonio DavisTOR+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+4.6 25.1 last 10 · 20.5 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDAL−8.7 11.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stromile SwiftMEM−6.1 5.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Hubert DavisWAS−5.4 1.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.0 16.9 last 10 · 21.9 season