FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 18, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 16 at halftime and won 107–103.

Final
NYK100
CHH95
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +5
Final
CHI84
CLE102
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +18
Final
IND103
ATL100
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +3
Final
UTA95
MIA56
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +24; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +39
Final
MIL114
MEM105
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +9
Final
DAL107
MIN103
Q1 DAL -11; Q2 DAL -16; Q3 DAL -13; Q4 DAL +4
Final
LAC96
PHX92
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +4
Final
POR101
HOU92
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +9
Final
SAS102
DEN93
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DET98
SAC102
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +4
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 18, 2000: 1 game. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ BOS), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIN

Dallas erases 16-point lead, steals one from Minnesota

Minnesota led 61–45 at halftime. Dallas won the second half 62–42 to take it 107–103. Michael Finley led Dallas with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-16-13+4DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL19262834107
MIN30312517103
Who led
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 19, 11, 32, 6, 20, 22, 30, 26DAL26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 21, 32, 33, 27, 10, 15, 21, 24DAL24 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 16, 7, 11, 11, 7, 2, 6, 23MIN23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 11, 9, 18, 18, 15, 6, 15, 18MIN18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 39.

IND over ATL3DAL over MIN4LAC over PHX4SAC over DET4NYK over CHH5MIL over MEM9POR over HOU9SAS over DEN9CLE over CHI18UTA over MIA39Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg41.0Today

41 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 35

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 26, 31, 25, 14, 19, 19, 26, 35DET @ SAC · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 23, 28, 25, 49, 22, 13, 12, 30NYK @ CHH · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 19, 22, 18, 6, 2, 19, 20, 28ATL vs IND · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 9, 4, 22, 21, 28, 23, 16, 27ATL vs IND · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 17, 24, 7, 13, 9, 16, 9, 27MEM vs MIL · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 26, 10, 30, 21, 30, 7, 21, 26MIL @ MEM · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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+4.9 25.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+4.8 25.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Oscar TorresHOU+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.1 15.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Al HarringtonIND+3.8 17.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDEN−3.7 20.8 last 10 · 24.5 season
Elton BrandLAC−3.6 15.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
Juwan HowardDAL−3.2 8.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Michael JordanWAS−3.0 20.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−3.0 13.5 last 10 · 16.5 season