FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 10, 2001Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed ORL by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–92.

Final
DAL98
UTA107
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +9
Final
ORL92
LAC100
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +8
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 10, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (DEN @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · ORL @ LAC

Clippers rally from 9 down to beat Orlando

Trailing by 9 after one, Clippers outscored the Magic 82–65 the rest of the way. Final: 100–92. Corey Maggette led Clippers with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Tracy McGrady scored 47 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90-1+8LAC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2724251692
LAC18332425100
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 8, 8, 4, 13, 8, 14, 15, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 16, 6, 10, 2, 13, 15, 14, 19LAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40, 47ORL47 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 12, 17, 13, 10, 8, 10, 15ORL15 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DAL @ UTA

Utah makes it four straight

Utah beat Dallas 107–98 and moved to 10–11. Karl Malone led Utah with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
Lvs NJN89–90Wvs LAC106–101Lvs PHX104–111Wvs SEA112–88L@ PHX76–98Lvs IND97–100Wvs CHH104–100W@ LAC102–86Wvs GSW111–101Wvs DAL107–98UTA: last 10 games through Dec 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.2Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 47 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg30.5Today

30 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 47

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: 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40, 47ORL @ LAC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high47 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 27, 19, 15, 18, 22, 29, 39, 30UTA vs DAL · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 33, 32, 33, 29, 21, 32, 33, 27DAL @ UTA · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 29, 12, 9, 13, 31, 13, 10, 25DAL @ UTA · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 18, 18, 6, 13, 19, 13, 15, 21UTA vs DAL · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 8, 8, 4, 13, 8, 14, 15, 21LAC vs ORL · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 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
Moochie NorrisHOU+4.0 11.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.0 14.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Rodney RogersPHX+3.7 15.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
John StocktonUTA+2.7 15.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Latrell SprewellNYK+2.4 21.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.6 16.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Morris PetersonTOR−3.3 8.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin WillisHOU−2.8 5.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Gary PaytonSEA−2.4 19.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Shandon AndersonNYK−2.1 3.7 last 10 · 5.8 season