FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 13, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MEM by 10 at halftime and won 89–86.

Final
TOR90
CHH104
Q1 CHH +16; Q2 CHH +20; Q3 CHH +18; Q4 CHH +14
Final · OT
HOU106
IND108
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -8; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
NYK97
DET99
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +2
Final
CLE82
DAL102
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +20
Final
MEM86
DEN89
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +3
Final
ORL105
GSW100
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +5
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 13, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs MIL), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ DEN

Denver climbs out of a 10-point hole against Memphis

Down 10 at the half, the Nuggets won the third quarter 29–20 and the game 89–86. Voshon Lenard led Denver with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-1-10-1+3DEN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2126201986
DEN2017292389
Who led
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 2, 2, 20, 14, 11, 17, 12, 25DEN25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 20, 18, 30, 16, 27, 10, 18, 20DEN20 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 20, 18, 12, 12, 9, 15, 14, 19MEM19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 22, 17, 20, 12, 22, 24, 6, 15MEM15 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 20.

IND over HOU2DET over NYK2DEN over MEM3ORL over GSW5CHH over TOR14DAL over CLE20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.0Season avg36.0Last 5

36.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

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: 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40, 47, 21, 40ORL @ GSW · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 23, 19, 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31TOR @ CHH · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 2, 2, 20, 14, 11, 17, 12, 25DEN vs MEM · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 16, 0, 16, 19, 13, 14, 11, 25GSW vs ORL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 24, 17, 18, 12, 11, 15, 15, 25IND vs HOU · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 17, 4, 19, 5, 19, 17, 14, 24DET vs NYK · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 6 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
Oscar TorresHOU+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Toni KukocATL+3.3 14.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+3.2 26.5 last 10 · 23.3 season
Jacque VaughnATL+3.1 9.3 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
Michael JordanWAS−3.6 20.3 last 10 · 23.9 season
Juwan HowardDAL−3.4 8.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.1 17.1 last 10 · 20.2 season
Vlade DivacSAC−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Morris PetersonTOR−2.6 9.0 last 10 · 11.6 season