FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 23, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SAS by 3 at halftime and won 101–91.

Final
MIA76
TOR83
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +7
Final
MEM80
BOS85
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MIL101
SAS91
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +10
Final
PHX101
SAC133
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +27; Q4 SAC +32
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 23, 2000: 12 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NJN vs MIA), 37 points.
The lead · MIL @ SAS

Sam Cassell scores 33 as Milwaukee wins in San Antonio

Final: 101–91. Sam Cassell made 13 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-3+10MIL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL23242331101
SAS2525231891
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 28, 18, 29, 19, 20, 12, 28, 33MIL33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29, 30MIL30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 18, 28, 32, 26, 24, 26, 21, 22SAS22 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 12, 9, 10, 9, 13, 11, 14, 21SAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MEM @ BOS

Boston never trails at a break against Memphis

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 85–80. Antoine Walker led Boston with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MEM5TOR over MIA7MIL over SAS10SAC over PHX32Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Sam Cassell 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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 28, 18, 29, 19, 20, 12, 28, 33MIL @ SAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29, 30MIL @ SAS · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31, 23, 23, 33, 27TOR vs MIA · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 25, 23, 23, 6, 20, 19, 7, 26SAC vs PHX · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 27, 42, 20, 18, 15, 33, 19, 24BOS vs MEM · W
24.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 20, 3, 21, 4, 13, 12, 27, 24PHX @ SAC · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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
Michael JordanWAS−3.5 19.6 last 10 · 23.1 season