FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 6, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed ORL by 9 after the first quarter and won 83–82.

Final
DAL103
WAS85
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +18
Final
ORL82
ATL83
Q1 ATL -9; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +1
Final
PHI107
CLE103
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +4
Final
BOS86
MIA112
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +27; Q4 MIA +26
Final
GSW92
NJN97
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN -2; Q4 NJN +5
Final
UTA99
HOU97
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +2
Final
DET101
SAS108
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +7
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 6, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET vs MIL), 31 points.
The lead · ORL @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 9 down to beat Orlando

Trailing by 9 after one, Atlanta outscored the Magic 63–53 the rest of the way. Final: 83–82. Lorenzen Wright led Atlanta with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-9-1-3+1ATL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2914241582
ATL2022221983
Who led
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 12, 22, 24, 10, 20, 18, 8, 22ATL22 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 19, 19, 18, 31, 28, 32, 17, 21ATL21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 17, 43, 26, 26, 19, 17, 36, 30ORL30 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Andrew DeClercqPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 2, 0, 0, 9, 8, 4, 6, 15ORL15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Boston by 26.

ATL over ORL1UTA over HOU2PHI over CLE4NJN over GSW5SAS over DET7DAL over WAS18MIA over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg38.2Last 5

38.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 54 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 54

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 33, 45, 19, 29, 46, 21, 41, 54PHI @ CLE · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +27.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high54 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 25, 33, 34, 35, 25, 33, 46, 34DET @ SAS · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 17, 43, 26, 26, 19, 17, 36, 30ORL @ ATL · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 9, 15, 12, 17, 28, 15, 18, 29SAS vs DET · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Marc JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 14, 13, 4, 20, 18, 22, 15, 29GSW @ NJN · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 29, 29, 21, 17, 20, 25, 29, 28DAL @ WAS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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+7.5 19.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.5 33.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Tony DelkPHX+5.0 18.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Lorenzen WrightATL+4.8 17.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+4.6 25.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.9 8.3 last 10 · 13.2 season
Clifford RobinsonPHX−4.6 12.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
Reggie MillerIND−4.0 15.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Shawn MarionPHX−3.7 11.8 last 10 · 15.5 season
Hubert DavisDAL−3.6 3.8 last 10 · 7.4 season