FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 15, 2001Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CHI by 11 at halftime and won 113–104.

Final
SAS82
NYK104
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +22
Final
MIL101
WAS95
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +6
Final
CHH79
PHI84
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +5
Final
NJN84
ATL78
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +6
Final
SAC116
DAL105
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +11
Final
BOS107
MIN102
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CLE107
GSW101
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +6
Final
LAC74
IND89
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI104
ORL113
Q1 ORL -10; Q2 ORL -11; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +9
Final · OT
VAN112
LAL113
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final
SEA111
DEN122
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT
HOU104
UTA116
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +12
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 15, 2000: 11 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS @ NJN), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ ORL

Darrell Armstrong scores 32, Orlando rallies past Chicago

Orlando trailed by 11 at the half and won 113–104.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-11-3+9ORL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI26322026104
ORL16312838113
Who led
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 7, 17, 15, 10, 13, 20, 11, 32ORL32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 19, 17, 36, 30, 25, 36, 27, 28ORL28 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 18, 16, 18, 4, 27, 21, 19, 27CHI27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 31, 17, 30, 23, 30, 16, 25, 22CHI22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New York by 22.

LAL over VAN1PHI over CHH5BOS over MIN5MIL over WAS6NJN over ATL6CLE over GSW6ORL over CHI9SAC over DAL11DEN over SEA11UTA over HOU12IND over LAC15NYK over SAS22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
9.0Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg48.5Today

48 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 42

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 30, 16, 36, 20, 25, 28, 18, 42BOS @ MIN · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 46, 21, 41, 54, 22, 12, 29, 40, 35PHI vs CHH · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 29, 2, 51, 21, 30, 24, 31, 34SAC @ DAL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 10, 29, 31, 19, 14, 38, 26, 15, 18, 32VAN @ LAL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 7, 17, 15, 10, 13, 20, 11, 32ORL vs CHI · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 28, 32, 17, 21, 27, 17, 18, 32ATL vs NJN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Chris WhitneyWAS+9.2 17.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+7.4 16.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Lamond MurrayCLE+6.3 20.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jason TerryATL+6.3 24.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+6.0 27.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cold
Gary PaytonSEA−5.2 17.8 last 10 · 23.1 season
Rasheed WallacePOR−5.0 14.8 last 10 · 19.8 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.9 17.1 last 10 · 22.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.3 8.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jim JacksonCLE−4.2 8.8 last 10 · 13.0 season