FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 11, 2001Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by ATL (vs PHI) and DAL (vs POR).

Final
MIL97
MIA99
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +2
Final · OT
BOS102
NYK93
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +9
Final
PHI87
ATL89
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +2
Final
WAS91
MEM81
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +10
Final
GSW86
MIN107
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +21
Final
NJN107
CHI93
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +14
Final
POR103
DAL105
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +2
Final
CLE107
HOU102
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +5
Final
CHH99
DEN96
Q1 CHH +1; Q2 CHH +8; Q3 CHH +10; Q4 CHH +3
Final
ORL100
SAC112
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +12
Final
SEA104
LAL93
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +11
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 11, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs MIN), 26 points.
The lead · PHI @ ATL

Atlanta fights back from 8 down against Philadelphia

Final: 89–87, after trailing by 8 after one. Jason Terry led Atlanta with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-8-4-5+2ATL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2821211787
ATL2025202489
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 10, 15, 9, 4, 22, 21, 28, 23ATL23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 50, 23, 26, 20, 19, 22, 18, 6, 2, 19ATL19 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 27, 18, 40, 30, 30, 24, 23, 34PHI34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 15, 16, 23, 5, 3, 7, 11, 16PHI16 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 20 earlier games. Today: 49 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 21.

MIA over MIL2ATL over PHI2DAL over POR2CHH over DEN3CLE over HOU5BOS over NYK9WAS over MEM10SEA over LAL11SAC over ORL12NJN over CHI14MIN over GSW21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 49

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.
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 5, 5, 29, 25, 26, 23, 28, 25, 49NYK vs BOS · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +29.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high49 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 28, 33, 25, 17, 28, 17, 27, 42BOS @ NYK · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 12, 9, 13, 31, 13, 10, 25, 39DAL vs POR · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 20, 22, 19, 8, 23, 46, 31, 37LAL vs SEA · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 27, 18, 40, 30, 30, 24, 23, 34PHI @ ATL · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 21, 12, 8, 5, 25, 21, 17, 33HOU vs CLE · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Latrell SprewellNYK+3.7 24.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Lee NailonCHH+3.7 14.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Rodney RogersPHX+3.7 15.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Wesley PersonCLE+3.5 16.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Toni KukocATL+3.3 14.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.6 16.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Morris PetersonTOR−3.3 8.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Juwan HowardDAL−3.0 8.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kevin WillisHOU−2.6 5.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Shandon AndersonNYK−2.5 3.1 last 10 · 5.6 season