FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 29, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed LAC by 15 after the first quarter and won 105–103.

Final · OT
BOS105
LAC103
Q1 BOS -15; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS -11; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +2
Final
CHH90
WAS107
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +17
Final · OT
IND93
NJN98
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +5
Final
CLE80
CHI103
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +23
Final
ATL97
DAL113
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +16
Final · OT
SAS99
MIL102
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
DEN92
PHX109
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +17
Final
PHI81
UTA89
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
Final
TOR75
SEA101
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +21; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +26
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 29, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (NYK vs CHI), 32 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAC

Paul Pierce scores 35, Boston wins in overtime

Tied 93–93 after regulation. Final: 105–103.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-3-110+2BOS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS932252712105
LAC2420331610103
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 30, 24, 25, 36, 20, 28, 33, 35BOS35 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 42, 20, 18, 15, 33, 19, 24, 19, 17, 29BOS29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 18, 5, 10, 21, 26, 26, 16, 24LAC24 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 19, 15, 12, 13, 16, 8, 20, 23LAC23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.1Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.1 in 26 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg51Today

51 minutes today, against 23.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seattle posts the night's biggest win

Seattle beat Toronto by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

BOS over LAC2MIL over SAS3NJN over IND5UTA over PHI8DAL over ATL16WAS over CHH17PHX over DEN17CHI over CLE23SEA over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 51

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 19, 21, 23, 12, 26, 28, 6, 51WAS vs CHH · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +28.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high51 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 32, 26, 24, 26, 21, 22, 53, 38SAS @ MIL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 30, 24, 25, 36, 20, 28, 33, 35BOS @ LAC · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 15, 21, 24, 8, 12, 26, 24, 35DAL vs ATL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 17, 25, 23, 33, 15, 27, 9, 29DAL vs ATL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 42, 20, 18, 15, 33, 19, 24, 19, 17, 29BOS @ LAC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Steve NashDAL+5.1 24.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Voshon LenardDEN+4.9 15.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.2 14.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jason TerryATL+4.0 21.4 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonDET−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.6 13.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.0 13.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Lindsey HunterLAL−4.0 3.4 last 10 · 7.4 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−3.5 20.5 last 10 · 24.0 season