FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 23, 2001Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed PHX by 8 after the first quarter and won 82–73.

Final
ATL82
BOS83
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +1
Final
CHH95
WAS97
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +2
Final · 2OT
TOR111
ORL116
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL 0; OT2 ORL +5
Final
PHI114
DAL98
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +16
Final
NYK91
MIL105
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +14
Final
PHX73
MIN82
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +9
Final
LAL80
SEA91
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +11
Final
POR104
CHI100
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +4
Final
VAN77
SAS110
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +27; Q4 SAS +33
Final
HOU100
DEN105
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +5
Final
GSW78
UTA100
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +21; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +22
Final
NJN104
SAC130
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +26
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 23, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs DAL), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Minnesota climbs out of an 8-point hole against Phoenix

Down 8 after one, the Timberwolves won the second quarter 26–14 and the game 82–73. Terrell Brandon led Minnesota with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-8+4+5+9MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2114172173
MIN1326182582
Who led
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 20, 12, 17, 10, 19, 21, 20, 26MIN26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 26, 26, 17, 23, 23, 16, 20, 14MIN14 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 7, 6, 14, 5, 17, 23, 27, 18PHX18 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 7, 27, 23, 16, 7, 18, 13, 14PHX14 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Vancouver by 33.

BOS over ATL1WAS over CHH2POR over CHI4ORL over TOR5DEN over HOU5MIN over PHX9SEA over LAL11MIL over NYK14PHI over DAL16UTA over GSW22SAC over NJN26SAS over VAN33Final 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
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.5Season avg39.8Last 5

39.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 30 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg46.4Today

46 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Ron Mercer leads the day with 39

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.
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 27, 21, 19, 27, 12, 33, 22, 39CHI vs POR · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 28, 15, 30, 34SEA vs LAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 18, 25, 40, 22, 27, 25, 39, 33TOR @ ORL · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 54, 22, 12, 29, 40, 35, 43, 51, 30PHI @ DAL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 25, 2, 22, 24, 25, 27, 21, 19, 16, 30DEN vs HOU · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 30, 16, 25, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29CHI vs POR · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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+8.6 16.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+7.5 20.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Allen IversonPHI+7.2 35.7 last 10 · 28.5 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.3 17.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Shandon AndersonHOU+5.5 14.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
John AmaechiORL−4.7 4.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.6 8.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−3.9 8.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bryant StithBOS−3.9 6.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Horace GrantLAL−3.6 3.8 last 10 · 7.4 season