FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 8, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BOS by 13 at halftime and won 87–84.

Final
ORL104
ATL107
Q1 ATL -12; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
DEN99
CLE109
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +10
Final
IND99
NYK101
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +2
Final
PHI83
MEM92
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +9
Final
HOU97
MIN107
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +10
Final
BOS84
CHI87
Q1 CHI -9; Q2 CHI -13; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +3
Final
WAS102
DAL95
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +7
Final
NJN79
MIL95
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +17; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +16
Final
GSW101
UTA111
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +10
Final
SEA92
POR113
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +21
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 8, 2000: 9 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC vs HOU), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ CHI

Chicago climbs back to beat Boston

Boston led by 13 at the half. Chicago won it 87–84. Brad Miller led Chicago with 20 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-9-130+3CHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2725181484
CHI1821311787
Who led
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 23, 13, 12, 11, 5, 8, 13, 20CHI20 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Greg AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 4, 8, 11, 6, 10, 10, 10, 14CHI14 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 24, 28, 33, 25, 17, 28, 17, 27BOS27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 23, 33, 26, 48, 9, 35, 26, 12BOS12 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.2Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.2 in 19 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Trail Blazers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Portland beat Seattle by 21.

NYK over IND2ATL over ORL3CHI over BOS3WAS over DAL7MEM over PHI9CLE over DEN10MIN over HOU10UTA over GSW10MIL over NJN16POR over SEA21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 40

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40ORL @ ATL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 24, 27, 19, 15, 18, 22, 29, 39UTA vs GSW · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 4, 15, 14, 21, 18, 19, 24, 33CLE vs DEN · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 15, 20, 39, 21, 14, 19, 11, 32DAL vs WAS · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vonteego CummingsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 0, 0, 8, 1, 10, 0, 6, 28PHI @ MEM · L
5.2 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 18, 23, 5, 23, 14, 12, 23, 28MIL vs NJN · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 6 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
Moochie NorrisHOU+3.9 11.5 last 10 · 7.6 season
Rodney RogersPHX+3.7 15.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Latrell SprewellNYK+2.4 21.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
John StocktonUTA+2.4 14.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tracy McGradyORL+2.2 27.4 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.6 16.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Morris PetersonTOR−2.8 9.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Gary PaytonSEA−2.4 19.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Kevin WillisHOU−2.3 6.2 last 10 · 8.5 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−2.1 16.0 last 10 · 18.1 season