FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 15, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 7 after three quarters and won 106–98.

Final
BOS106
CHH97
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +9
Final
PHI94
CLE91
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +3
Final
ATL80
CHI79
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +1
Final
MIN117
DAL125
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MIA76
HOU73
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +3
Final
IND95
MIL115
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +20
Final
UTA80
SAS100
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +20
Final
PHX98
DEN106
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -4; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +8
Final
ORL106
POR117
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +11
Final
MEM84
GSW93
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +9
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 15, 2000: 12 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ POR), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Denver handles Phoenix by 8

The Nuggets won the fourth quarter 30–15. Final: 106–98. Nick Van Exel led Denver with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-4-7+8DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2925291598
DEN24262630106
Who led
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 18, 30, 16, 27, 10, 18, 20, 24DEN24 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 2, 20, 14, 11, 17, 12, 25, 19DEN19 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 21, 20, 15, 24, 22, 15, 22, 27PHX27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 8, 15, 10, 17, 12, 5, 29, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Indiana by 20.

ATL over CHI1PHI over CLE3MIA over HOU3DAL over MIN8DEN over PHX8BOS over CHH9GSW over MEM9POR over ORL11MIL over IND20SAS over UTA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 40, 30, 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40PHI @ CLE · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 26, 24, 15, 18, 28, 16, 18, 37POR vs ORL · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40, 47, 21, 40, 36ORL @ POR · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 18, 22, 29, 39, 30, 20, 24, 31UTA @ SAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 48, 9, 35, 26, 12, 18, 38, 30BOS @ CHH · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 21, 14, 19, 11, 32, 6, 20, 22, 30DAL vs MIN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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+4.7 13.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.4 15.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Latrell SprewellNYK+4.1 24.5 last 10 · 20.4 season
Toni KukocATL+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+3.7 23.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Cold
Michael JordanWAS−3.5 20.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.4 16.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Elton BrandLAC−3.3 16.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Vlade DivacSAC−3.0 9.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Shandon AndersonNYK−2.9 2.4 last 10 · 5.3 season