FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 3, 2001Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed HOU by 10 after three quarters and won 89–86.

Final
HOU86
NYK89
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -10; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MEM71
ORL113
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +42
Final
GSW93
PHX110
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +17
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 3, 2000: 7 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (GSW @ SEA), 51 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

New York rallies from 10 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 10 after three, New York outscored the Rockets 29–16 the rest of the way. Final: 89–86. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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+6-4-10+3NYK AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2418281686
NYK308222989
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 22, 29, 5, 5, 29, 25, 26, 23NYK23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 19, 13, 22, 24, 19, 19, 22, 22NYK22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 12, 0, 8, 18, 14, 21, 20HOU20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Glen RicePoints, last 10 games: 7, 6, 9, 14, 0, 15, 10, 8, 3, 20HOU20 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ PHX

Phoenix leads Golden State wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 110–93. Best quarter: the second, 32–24. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over HOU3PHX over GSW17ORL over MEM42Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 14 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg12.5Last 3

12.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 17 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg38.6Today

39 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Mike Miller leads the day with 26

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.
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 17, 7, 21, 32, 21, 16, 7, 26ORL vs MEM · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 19, 9, 19, 15, 17, 16, 15, 23PHX vs GSW · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 22, 29, 5, 5, 29, 25, 26, 23NYK vs HOU · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 25, 39, 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22ORL vs MEM · W
24.6 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 19, 13, 22, 24, 19, 19, 22, 22NYK vs HOU · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 16, 31, 33, 24, 8, 21, 20PHX vs GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST