FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 28, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 98–88.

Final
MIL105
CHH89
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +16
Final
NYK88
CLE98
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +10
Final
MEM91
MIA86
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +5
Final
DET78
ORL87
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +9
Final
PHI90
DEN93
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +3
Final
MIN111
SAC125
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +14
Final
HOU100
GSW93
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +7
Final
TOR89
LAL86
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +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 28, 2000: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHX), 38 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Cleveland climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 8 after one. Cleveland won it 98–88. Jumaine Jones led Cleveland with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-8-5+3+10CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2423172488
CLE1626253198
Who led
Jumaine JonesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 13, 8, 20, 11, 18, 9, 9, 28CLE28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 11, 14, 12, 36, 10, 20, 14, 25CLE25 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 25, 16, 34, 28NYK28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 49, 22, 13, 12, 30, 27, 6, 21, 17NYK17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · PHI @ DEN

Denver holds off Philadelphia, 93–90

Denver led 77–67 after three and held on to win by three. Nick Van Exel led Denver with 33 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over PHI3TOR over LAL3MEM over MIA5HOU over GSW7ORL over DET9CLE over NYK10SAC over MIN14MIL over CHH16Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over PHI.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 38

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 17, 40, 37, 38, 24, 31, 23, 38PHI @ DEN · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 18, 20, 24, 25, 11, 13, 27, 33DEN vs PHI · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 28, 27, 13, 13, 14, 19, 16, 31MIN @ SAC · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 33, 18, 17, 21, 18, 39, 33, 31HOU @ GSW · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 29, 19, 20, 12, 28, 33, 12, 29MIL @ CHH · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 25, 16, 34, 28NYK @ CLE · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 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
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.3 24.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Voshon LenardDEN+5.1 15.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Tim HardawayDAL+4.7 13.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jason TerryATL+4.4 21.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.2 14.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonDET−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.6 13.8 last 10 · 18.4 season
Lindsey HunterLAL−4.0 3.4 last 10 · 7.4 season
Avery JohnsonDEN−3.6 3.7 last 10 · 7.3 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−3.3 14.2 last 10 · 17.5 season