FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 12, 2001Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed TOR by 3 after the first quarter and won 108–95.

Final
TOR95
SAS108
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +13
Final
MIA80
WAS82
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +2
Final
SAC88
PHX114
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +26
Final
MIN98
UTA87
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +11
Final
SEA94
LAC114
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +25; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +20
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 12, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Jason Terry (ATL vs SAC), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ SAS

San Antonio extends win streak to 5

108–95 over Toronto. Record: 15–4. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+7+18+13SAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2324212795
SAS20343222108
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 21, 16, 38, 25, 13, 21, 18, 28SAS28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 11, 11, 10, 13, 12, 29, 7, 17SAS17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 8, 10, 10, 13, 16, 17, 2, 16TOR16 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 12, 4, 14, 2, 18, 16, 10, 14TOR14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ UTA

Minnesota keeps rolling, beats Utah

That is five in a row. Final: 98–87. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
L@ ORL106–117Wvs SAS99–94L@ SEA102–112L@ LAC75–94L@ LAL76–102Wvs SEA108–83W@ MEM105–80Wvs HOU107–97Wvs GSW107–86W@ UTA98–87MIN: last 10 games through Dec 12, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 20 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.4Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.4 in 22 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg21.4Today

21 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 28

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 21, 16, 38, 25, 13, 21, 18, 28SAS vs TOR · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 18, 30, 22, 15, 18, 21, 16, 25WAS vs MIA · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 22, 14, 11, 21, 20, 21, 20, 24MIN @ UTA · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 28, 19, 21, 24, 26, 19, 30, 23WAS vs MIA · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 1, 9, 14, 26, 21, 19, 3, 7, 16, 23LAC vs SEA · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 3 games: 18, 24, 21SAC @ PHX · L
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 12 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
Wesley PersonCLE+3.5 16.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Toni KukocATL+3.3 14.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Jacque VaughnATL+3.1 9.3 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.6 16.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Michael JordanWAS−3.6 20.3 last 10 · 23.9 season
Juwan HowardDAL−3.0 8.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Vlade DivacSAC−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Kevin WillisHOU−2.6 5.7 last 10 · 8.3 season