FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 16, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed TOR by 11 after the first quarter and won 93–88.

Final
WAS93
TOR88
Q1 WAS -11; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +5
Final
DET77
LAC82
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -10; Q4 LAC +5
Final
NJN114
NYK96
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +18
Final
MEM87
SAC104
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +17
Final
ORL91
SEA114
Q1 SEA +16; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +23
Final
GSW85
LAL101
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +16
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 16, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN vs IND), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ TOR

Washington climbs back to beat Toronto

Toronto led by 11 after one. Washington won it 93–88. Richard Hamilton led Washington with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-11-6+5+5WAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2323272093
TOR3418162088
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 21, 24, 26, 19, 30, 23, 34, 27WAS27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 22, 15, 18, 21, 16, 25, 19, 21WAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 19, 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31, 23TOR23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 10, 13, 16, 17, 2, 16, 21, 17TOR17 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · DET @ LAC

Clippers fight back late to top Detroit

Detroit led 66–56 after three. Clippers won the fourth 26–11 and the game 82–77. Lamar Odom led Clippers with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs DET
Lamar Odom · LACJerry Stackhouse · DETPTS2526REB72AST62Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.6Season avg25.2Today

25 minutes today, against 6.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 33, 30, 18, 19, 23, 16, 25, 28LAL vs GSW · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 17, 24, 23, 5, 8, 27, 27NJN @ NYK · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 21, 24, 26, 19, 30, 23, 34, 27WAS @ TOR · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 21, 15, 21, 25, 21, 29, 14, 26SEA vs ORL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 4, 26, 31, 25, 14, 19, 19, 26DET @ LAC · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 2, 13, 15, 14, 19, 15, 17, 25LAC vs DET · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 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
Latrell SprewellNYK+5.2 25.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+4.8 25.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Oscar TorresHOU+4.7 13.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.4 15.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Hedo TurkogluSAC+4.1 16.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandLAC−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.4 16.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Michael JordanWAS−3.0 20.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−2.8 21.7 last 10 · 24.5 season
Juwan HowardDAL−2.8 9.0 last 10 · 11.8 season