FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 25, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DEN by 5 after three quarters and won 98–96.

Final
VAN83
DAL120
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +28; Q3 DAL +35; Q4 DAL +37
Final
POR92
IND82
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +10
Final
ORL100
MIN109
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +9
Final
DEN96
UTA98
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +2
Final
SAS97
SAC91
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +6
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 25, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET @ CLE), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ UTA

Utah takes over late to edge Denver

Down 5 after three, Utah won the fourth 28–21. Final: 98–96. Donyell Marshall led Utah with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+2-5+2UTA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2127272196
UTA2723202898
Who led
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 20, 23, 18, 26, 19, 14, 17, 24UTA24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 14, 33, 14, 35, 20, 29, 22, 30, 15, 22UTA22 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 29, 15, 16, 20, 20, 8, 18, 24DEN24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 6, 22, 30, 10, 6, 13, 15, 23DEN23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ SAC

San Antonio beats Sacramento, 97–91

San Antonio led 76–73 after three and won by 6. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 36 points, 21 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over DEN2SAS over SAC6MIN over ORL9POR over IND10DAL over VAN37Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 40 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 36

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 19, 20, 29, 14, 22, 29, 23, 36SAS @ SAC · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 25, 36, 27, 28, 34, 38, 22, 28ORL @ MIN · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 29, 15, 16, 20, 20, 8, 18, 24DEN @ UTA · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 20, 23, 18, 26, 19, 14, 17, 24UTA vs DEN · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaPhonso EllisPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 10, 6, 15, 4, 7, 13, 9, 24MIN vs ORL · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 24, 31, 34, 30, 34, 25, 25, 23SAC vs SAS · L
26.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 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
Chris WhitneyWAS+8.6 16.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+7.4 20.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+7.1 18.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Allen IversonPHI+6.2 34.8 last 10 · 28.6 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+5.1 13.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
John AmaechiORL−4.6 4.8 last 10 · 9.4 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