FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 22, 2001Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NYK by 12 after the first quarter and won 87–86.

Final
CHH88
ATL101
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +13
Final
IND109
CLE103
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
Final
WAS87
NYK86
Q1 WAS -12; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +1
Final
UTA104
NJN90
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +14
Final
MIN95
CHI74
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +21
Final
ORL80
DAL102
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +22
Final
MIL110
HOU115
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +5
Final
GSW105
DEN101
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +4
Final
POR90
PHX102
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX +12
Final
DET89
SEA117
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +22; Q3 SEA +25; Q4 SEA +28
Final
SAC85
LAC101
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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 22, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Jalen Rose (IND vs UTA), 36 points.
The lead · WAS @ NYK

Washington rallies from 12 down to beat New York

Trailing by 12 after one, Washington outscored the Knicks 67–54 the rest of the way. Final: 87–86. Michael Jordan led Washington with 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 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 Q3Final0-12-3+1+1WAS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2017262487
NYK328222486
Who led
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 21, 16, 25, 19, 21, 23, 12, 26WAS26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Hubert DavisPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 4, 2, 0, 9, 0, 9, 19, 14WAS14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 13, 3, 6, 6, 13, 10, 4, 16NYK16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 18, 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 25, 16NYK16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Seattle by 28.

WAS over NYK1GSW over DEN4HOU over MIL5IND over CLE6PHX over POR12ATL over CHH13UTA over NJN14LAC over SAC16MIN over CHI21DAL over ORL22SEA over DET28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
31.12000–01 avg16.9Last 2

16.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.1 in 2000–01 (76 games). Today: 10 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Cuttino Mobley leads the day with 39

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.
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 25, 21, 17, 33, 18, 17, 21, 18, 39HOU vs MIL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 22, 22, 23, 10, 20, 27, 29, 38IND @ CLE · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 7, 15, 22, 2, 14, 6, 10, 33DEN vs GSW · L
10.7 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 30, 20, 24, 31, 21, 28, 22, 31UTA @ NJN · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 14, 11, 25, 20, 12, 24, 17, 29GSW @ DEN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29MIL @ HOU · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Steve NashDAL+4.3 23.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Oscar TorresHOU+3.6 12.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+3.4 23.2 last 10 · 19.8 season
Marcus FizerCHI+3.4 15.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Moochie NorrisHOU+3.4 12.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−4.5 14.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.2 19.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL−3.6 15.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−3.5 18.5 last 10 · 22.0 season