FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 19, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIN by 5 after the first quarter and won 117–112.

Final
CLE98
BOS104
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CHH94
PHI85
Q1 CHH +17; Q2 CHH +2; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +9
Final
ATL76
WAS103
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +27
Final · OT
MIN112
NJN117
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +5
Final
UTA90
ORL98
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +8
Final
TOR102
IND90
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +12
Final
POR79
SAS97
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +18
Final
SAC92
SEA104
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +12
Final
DET88
GSW101
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +13
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 19, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET @ PHX), 35 points.
The lead · MIN @ NJN

Jason Kidd scores 33, New Jersey wins in overtime

Tied 103–103 after regulation. Final: 117–112.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5+7+130+5NJN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN262223329112
NJN2134291914117
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 20, 6, 11, 14, 17, 13, 18, 33NJN33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 15, 22, 19, 8, 8, 25, 21, 31NJN31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 20, 21, 20, 24, 29, 23, 15, 29MIN29 PTS · 21 REB · 7 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 7, 5, 5, 10, 4, 11, 6, 17MIN17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DET @ GSW

Golden State upsets Detroit

Golden State (9–16) beat Detroit (14–8) 101–88. Antawn Jamison led Golden State with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over MIN5BOS over CLE6ORL over UTA8CHH over PHI9TOR over IND12SEA over SAC12GSW over DET13SAS over POR18WAS over ATL27Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg43.5Today

44 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37, 38PHI vs CHH · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 34, 8, 12, 11, 14, 12, 36CLE @ BOS · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 28, 17, 27, 42, 20, 18, 15, 33BOS vs CLE · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 20, 6, 11, 14, 17, 13, 18, 33NJN vs MIN · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 15, 22, 19, 8, 8, 25, 21, 31NJN vs MIN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 20, 21, 20, 24, 29, 23, 15, 29MIN @ NJN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 21 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
Oscar TorresHOU+4.7 13.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.4 16.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Toni KukocATL+4.2 15.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Chucky AtkinsDET+4.1 15.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.6 11.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
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
Jalen RoseIND−3.1 16.1 last 10 · 19.2 season