FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 21, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by MEM (vs LAL) and POR (vs DET).

Final
NJN94
IND100
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +6
Final
ATL83
PHI94
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +11
Final
UTA92
BOS98
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +6
Final · OT
CLE86
MIA81
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
WAS93
ORL75
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +18
Final
LAL108
MEM114
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +6
Final
CHH89
MIN94
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +5
Final
DEN74
SAS109
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +30; Q4 SAS +35
Final
DET81
POR83
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +2
Final · OT
SEA111
GSW108
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +22; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +3
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 21, 2000: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ HOU), 45 points.
The lead · DET @ POR

Portland holds off Detroit, 83–81

Portland led 64–57 after three and held on to win by two. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-3-5+7+2POR AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1920182481
POR1618301983
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 18, 28, 16, 18, 37, 23, 15, 22POR22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 6, 9, 15, 6, 18, 14, 8, 17POR17 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 25, 14, 19, 19, 26, 35, 21, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 17, 5, 11, 12, 10, 7, 12, 18DET18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Denver by 35, the widest margin of 10 games.

POR over DET2SEA over GSW3CLE over MIA5MIN over CHH5IND over NJN6BOS over UTA6MEM over LAL6PHI over ATL11WAS over ORL18SAS over DEN35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.4Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

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: 33, 30, 18, 19, 23, 16, 25, 28, 27, 36LAL @ MEM · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 35, 26, 12, 18, 38, 30, 24, 25, 36BOS vs UTA · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 23, 22, 22, 23, 10, 20, 27, 29IND vs NJN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 23, 46, 31, 37, 28, 20, 16, 26LAL @ MEM · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 11, 23, 17, 18, 11, 19, 11, 26MEM vs LAL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 20, 16, 9, 17, 18, 18, 19, 25CHH @ MIN · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 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+4.8 25.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Steve NashDAL+3.9 22.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Lee NailonCHH+3.7 15.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Oscar TorresHOU+3.6 12.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+3.4 23.2 last 10 · 19.8 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.6 11.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.1 19.9 last 10 · 24.0 season
Michael JordanWAS−3.8 19.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Elton BrandLAC−3.6 15.9 last 10 · 19.5 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL−3.4 16.0 last 10 · 19.4 season