FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 20, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CHI by 8 after the first quarter and won 96–91.

Final
CHI91
TOR96
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -8; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +5
Final
MEM90
NYK88
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +2
Final
MIL101
DAL113
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +12
Final
LAL107
HOU101
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +6
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 20, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs UTA), 45 points.
The lead · CHI @ TOR

Vince Carter scores 33, Toronto rallies past Chicago

Toronto trailed by 8 after one and won 96–91.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-8-6+5TOR AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2522242091
TOR1722263196
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31, 23, 23, 33TOR33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 16, 10, 20, 11, 4, 12, 5, 15TOR15 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 8, 13, 20, 15, 13, 14, 12, 24CHI24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Marcus FizerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 11, 19, 13, 7, 18, 13, 13, 19CHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MEM @ NYK

Memphis leads New York wire to wire

Memphis was ahead at every break and won 90–88. Best quarter: the third, 34–28. Shane Battier led Memphis with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over NYK2TOR over CHI5LAL over HOU6DAL over MIL12Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 25 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 15 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 33

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 11, 32, 6, 20, 22, 30, 26, 33DAL vs MIL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31, 23, 23, 33TOR vs CHI · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 13, 31, 13, 10, 25, 39, 17, 25, 23, 33DAL vs MIL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 30, 18, 19, 23, 16, 25, 28, 27LAL @ HOU · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 28, 25, 49, 22, 13, 12, 30, 27NYK vs MEM · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Eddie GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 2, 9, 4, 2, 2, 4, 8, 25HOU vs LAL · L
5.0 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 13 REB · 1 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+4.8 25.5 last 10 · 20.7 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
Richard HamiltonWAS+4.1 24.3 last 10 · 20.2 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 8.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.1 16.1 last 10 · 19.2 season