FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 5, 2001Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SEA by 10 after the first quarter and won 95–91.

Final
DEN80
BOS95
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +15
Final
SAS120
ATL112
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +8
Final
SEA91
DET95
Q1 DET -10; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +4
Final
CHI74
ORL102
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +28; Q4 ORL +28
Final
PHX87
NJN106
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +19
Final
PHI87
GSW93
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +6
Final
DAL94
LAL98
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +4
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 5, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU vs DAL), 36 points.
The lead · SEA @ DET

Detroit climbs out of a 10-point hole against Seattle

Down 10 after one, the Pistons won the second quarter 30–22 and the game 95–91. Chucky Atkins led Detroit with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-10-2+2+4DET AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2722241891
DET1730282095
Who led
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 4, 9, 11, 25, 24, 20, 16, 23DET23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 18, 19, 4, 26, 31, 25, 14, 19DET19 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 24, 20, 20, 18, 11, 21, 15, 21SEA21 PTS · 15 REB · 12 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 15, 24, 15, 13, 19, 11, 17, 21SEA21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Orlando by 28.

DET over SEA4LAL over DAL4GSW over PHI6SAS over ATL8BOS over DEN15NJN over PHX19ORL over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 14 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 46

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 22, 10, 20, 22, 19, 8, 23, 46LAL vs DAL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 16, 24, 23, 33, 26, 48, 9, 35BOS vs DEN · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 17, 33, 32, 33, 29, 21, 32, 33DAL @ LAL · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 13, 10, 11, 11, 10, 13, 12, 29SAS @ ATL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 27, 25, 24, 28, 33, 25, 17, 28BOS vs DEN · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 6, 17, 4, 13, 16, 12, 2, 25PHI @ GSW · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Rodney RogersPHX+3.2 14.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+2.6 12.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Bo OutlawPHX+0.8 5.0 last 10 · 4.2 season
Shawn MarionPHX+0.5 17.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+0.4 20.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.8 16.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−2.7 15.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Gary PaytonSEA−2.7 19.2 last 10 · 21.9 season
Rashard LewisSEA−0.9 15.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Al HarringtonIND−0.8 11.3 last 10 · 12.1 season