FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 14, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 114–94.

Final
MIL96
PHI80
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +16
Final
NYK80
WAS96
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +16
Final
CHI101
BOS107
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
NJN95
MIA86
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +9
Final
SAC94
MIN114
Q1 MIN -12; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +20
Final
SAS105
PHX93
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +12
Final
POR85
UTA93
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +8
Final
LAC80
LAL110
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +30
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 14, 2000: 3 games. Top scorer: Raef LaFrentz (DEN @ SAS), 28 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIN

Minnesota turns it around against Sacramento

From 12 down after one to a 20-point win: 114–94. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 29 points, 24 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-6+14+20MIN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3523142294
MIN23293428114
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 14, 11, 21, 20, 21, 20, 24, 29MIN29 PTS · 24 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 20, 19, 20, 14, 18, 22, 12, 28MIN28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 4 games: 18, 24, 21, 26SAC26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 24, 18, 15, 10, 15, 17, 4, 25SAC25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Clippers by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

BOS over CHI6UTA over POR8NJN over MIA9SAS over PHX12MIL over PHI16WAS over NYK16MIN over SAC20LAL over LAC30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 21 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg10.8Last 3

10.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 29 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 38

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 26, 48, 9, 35, 26, 12, 18, 38BOS vs CHI · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 12, 16, 23, 24, 13, 13, 12, 34MIL @ PHI · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 19, 21, 24, 26, 19, 30, 23, 34WAS vs NYK · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 16, 38, 25, 13, 21, 18, 28, 32SAS @ PHX · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 14, 11, 21, 20, 21, 20, 24, 29MIN vs SAC · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 24 REB · 8 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 5, 23, 14, 12, 23, 28, 18, 29MIL @ PHI · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 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
Latrell SprewellNYK+4.1 24.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+3.7 23.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Toni KukocATL+3.3 14.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Michael JordanWAS−3.5 20.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Juwan HowardDAL−3.4 8.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Elton BrandLAC−3.3 16.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.1 17.1 last 10 · 20.2 season
Vlade DivacSAC−3.0 9.6 last 10 · 12.6 season