FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 2, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS85
TOR69
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +16
Final
MEM93
PHI87
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +6
Final
IND72
LAC103
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +30; Q4 LAC +31
Final · OT
DAL120
SAC114
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +6
Final
MIL83
SEA97
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +19; Q4 SEA +14
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 · 2000–01Dec 2, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ NJN), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Final: 120–114.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3+18+30+6DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL3230212215120
SAC291536259114
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 14, 17, 33, 32, 33, 29, 21, 32DAL32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 25, 12, 22, 29, 12, 9, 13, 31DAL31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 25, 21, 29, 21, 24, 32, 11, 31SAC31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 9, 11, 18, 12, 8, 7, 10, 25SAC25 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MEM @ PHI

Memphis upsets Philadelphia

Memphis (3–12) beat Philadelphia (8–7) 93–87. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over PHI6DAL over SAC6SEA over MIL14BOS over TOR16LAC over IND31Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
25.02000–01 avg12.5Last 3

12.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 2000–01 (82 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 32

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 14, 17, 33, 32, 33, 29, 21, 32DAL @ SAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 25, 21, 29, 21, 24, 32, 11, 31SAC vs DAL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 25, 12, 22, 29, 12, 9, 13, 31DAL @ SAC · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 19, 28, 38, 27, 18, 40, 30, 30PHI vs MEM · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 18, 20, 13, 21, 13, 13, 25, 26MIL @ SEA · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 9, 11, 18, 12, 8, 7, 10, 25SAC vs DAL · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST