FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 26, 2001Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed ATL by 7 after the first quarter and won 107–97.

Final
NJN91
CLE89
Q1 NJN +12; Q2 NJN +20; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +2
Final
WAS93
CHH99
Q1 CHH -1; Q2 CHH -5; Q3 CHH +1; Q4 CHH +6
Final
CHI85
MEM107
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +22
Final
ATL97
MIL107
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +10
Final
IND89
ORL82
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +7
Final · OT
DAL126
SAS123
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +3
Final
PHX97
HOU91
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIN94
DEN91
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +3
Final
BOS86
UTA99
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +13
Final
POR74
SAC89
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +18; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +15
Final
LAL90
GSW101
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +11
Final
PHI100
LAC86
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +14
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 26, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL vs SEA), 38 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIL

Glenn Robinson scores 32 in Milwaukee win over Atlanta

Final: 107–97. Glenn Robinson added 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

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 Q3Final0-7-5+7+10MIL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2628212297
MIL19303325107
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29, 30, 32MIL32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 0, 2, 21, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17MIL17 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 2, 19, 20, 28, 20, 6, 16, 28ATL28 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 28, 23, 16, 27, 2, 22, 22, 24ATL24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Chicago by 22.

NJN over CLE2DAL over SAS3MIN over DEN3CHH over WAS6PHX over HOU6IND over ORL7MIL over ATL10GSW over LAL11UTA over BOS13PHI over LAC14SAC over POR15MEM over CHI22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.7Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 53

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 28, 32, 26, 24, 26, 21, 22, 53SAS vs DAL · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +29.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high53 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 23, 16, 25, 28, 27, 36, 12, 39LAL @ GSW · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 22, 15, 22, 27, 10, 22, 17, 33PHX @ HOU · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 17, 33, 18, 17, 21, 18, 39, 33HOU vs PHX · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29, 30, 32MIL vs ATL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 32, 40, 47, 21, 40, 36, 4, 31ORL vs IND · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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
Voshon LenardDEN+5.4 15.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Jermaine O'NealIND+4.1 23.4 last 10 · 19.3 season
Jason TerryATL+3.9 20.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Tim HardawayDAL+3.9 12.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.6 19.1 last 10 · 23.7 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.4 13.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL−3.3 16.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Vlade DivacSAC−3.3 9.0 last 10 · 12.3 season