FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 7, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed PHX by 4 after the first quarter and won 109–102.

Final
CHI83
IND98
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +15
Final · OT
DEN96
TOR98
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final · OT
PHX102
BOS109
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +7
Final
CLE84
NJN96
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +2; Q3 NJN +8; Q4 NJN +12
Final
ATL94
ORL129
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +26; Q3 ORL +26; Q4 ORL +35
Final
PHI76
SAS86
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +10
Final
LAL91
SAC97
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +6
Final · OT
MIA98
SEA94
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +4
Final
CHH106
GSW89
Q1 CHH +11; Q2 CHH +11; Q3 CHH +7; Q4 CHH +17
Final
UTA102
LAC86
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +16
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 7, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs DEN), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ BOS

Boston outlasts Phoenix in overtime

92–92 at the end of regulation. Boston took the last extra period 17–10. Final: 109–102. Paul Pierce led Boston with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4+2+30+7BOS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX2522222310102
BOS2128232017109
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 24, 23, 33, 26, 48, 9, 35, 26BOS26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 25, 24, 28, 33, 25, 17, 28, 17BOS17 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 31, 33, 24, 8, 21, 20, 15, 24PHX24 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 5, 3, 23, 0, 14, 2, 14, 20PHX20 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games need overtime

Three of 10 games went past regulation.

TOR over DEN2MIA over SEA4SAC over LAL6BOS over PHX7SAS over PHI10NJN over CLE12IND over CHI15UTA over LAC16CHH over GSW17ORL over ATL35Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 17 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 14 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 42

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 26, 18, 30, 23, 19, 17, 26, 42TOR vs DEN · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32ORL vs ATL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 10, 20, 22, 19, 8, 23, 46, 31LAL @ SAC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 34, 24, 27, 19, 15, 18, 22, 29UTA @ LAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 28, 22, 27, 20, 23, 20, 9, 29UTA @ LAC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 21, 29, 34, 20, 18, 30, 16, 27DEN @ TOR · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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+3.7 15.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Moochie NorrisHOU+3.0 10.3 last 10 · 7.3 season
Danny FortsonGSW+1.8 13.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jacque VaughnATL+1.7 7.7 last 10 · 6.0 season
Tracy McGradyORL+1.4 25.9 last 10 · 24.4 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.7 16.6 last 10 · 20.3 season
Morris PetersonTOR−2.8 9.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gary PaytonSEA−2.8 19.2 last 10 · 22.0 season
Nazr MohammedATL−2.3 7.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−2.1 16.0 last 10 · 18.1 season