FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 3, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–91.

Final
NYK100
BOS91
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +9
Final
ATL80
PHI98
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +27; Q3 PHI +28; Q4 PHI +18
Final
DET107
DAL104
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +3
Final
CLE83
MIL88
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
LAC85
PHX90
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +5
Final
IND86
POR102
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +16
Final
CHH89
VAN99
Q1 VAN +11; Q2 VAN +15; Q3 VAN +18; Q4 VAN +10
Final
DEN111
GSW100
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +11
Final
UTA71
LAL82
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +11
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 · 1999–00Jan 3, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MIL), 45 points.
The lead · NYK @ BOS

New York fights back from 9 down against Boston

Final: 100–91, after trailing by 9 after one. Allan Houston led New York with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90+1+9NYK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK18322327100
BOS2723221991
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 14, 29, 18, 4, 27, 23, 27, 25NYK25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris ChildsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 0, 2, 8, 5, 7, 4, 10, 17NYK17 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 21, 23, 33, 26, 23, 26, 13, 30BOS30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Bryant StithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 19, 5, 12, 6, 18, 8, 11, 16BOS16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIL

Milwaukee beats Cleveland, 88–83

Milwaukee led 69–65 after three and won by 5. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over DAL3MIL over CLE5PHX over LAC5NYK over BOS9VAN over CHH10DEN over GSW11LAL over UTA11POR over IND16PHI over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley 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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 13, 18, 20, 22, 38, 25, 32, 35DAL vs DET · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 35, 30, 25, 33, 34, 35, 25, 33DET @ DAL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 17, 40, 23, 45, 35, 29, 38, 17, 31LAL vs UTA · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 21, 23, 33, 26, 23, 26, 13, 30BOS vs NYK · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 18, 12, 20, 10, 9, 9, 28DET @ DAL · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 4, 6, 4, 10, 6, 14, 16, 27POR vs IND · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Marc JacksonGSW+8.1 19.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Juwan HowardWAS+5.0 21.3 last 10 · 16.3 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.8 25.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rick FoxLAL+4.6 12.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Aaron McKiePHI+4.5 15.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Hubert DavisDAL−4.7 2.6 last 10 · 7.3 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.5 13.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.5 8.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Shawn MarionPHX−4.0 11.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Reggie MillerIND−3.9 15.8 last 10 · 19.7 season