FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 25, 2001Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHI by 10 at halftime and won 88–82.

Final
TOR94
NYK102
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +8
Final
PHI82
LAL88
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -6; 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 25, 2000: 2 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ IND), 43 points.
The lead · PHI @ LAL

Lakers climb out of a 10-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 10 at the half, the Lakers won the fourth quarter 28–16 and the game 88–82. Samaki Walker led Lakers with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-3-10-6+6LAL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2128171682
LAL1821212888
Who led
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 9, 8, 18LAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brian ShawPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 0, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6, 0, 13LAL13 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37, 38, 24, 31PHI31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 8, 5, 2, 17, 6, 11, 12PHI12 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · TOR @ NYK

New York controls Toronto start to finish

New York won 102–94, leading by as many as 15 at a break. Allan Houston led New York with 34 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs TOR
Allan Houston · NYKMorris Peterson · TORPTS3422REB22AST30Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.6Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 28.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 34

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 25, 16, 34NYK vs TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37, 38, 24, 31PHI @ LAL · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 1, 10, 12, 2, 16, 29, 7, 10, 22TOR @ NYK · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 49, 22, 13, 12, 30, 27, 6, 21NYK vs TOR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 2, 16, 21, 17, 24, 10, 11, 18TOR @ NYK · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 9, 8, 18LAL vs PHI · W
5.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 10 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