FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 30, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NYK by 12 after three quarters and won 94–90.

Final
MIA80
DET86
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +6
Final
SAS83
MEM79
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +4
Final
ORL94
NYK90
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -12; Q4 ORL +4
Final
BOS94
SAC109
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +15
Final
HOU90
LAL114
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +24
Final
MIN95
POR93
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +2
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 30, 2000: 11 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ SAC), 46 points.
The lead · ORL @ NYK

Orlando rallies from 12 down to beat New York

Trailing by 12 after three, Orlando outscored the Knicks 31–15 the rest of the way. Final: 94–90. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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+1-6-12+4ORL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2716203194
NYK2623261590
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 47, 21, 40, 36, 4, 31, 20, 29ORL29 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 15, 10, 8, 13, 6, 6, 2, 15ORL15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 49, 22, 13, 12, 30, 27, 6, 21, 17, 28NYK28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 25, 16, 34, 28, 17NYK17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 24.

MIN over POR2SAS over MEM4ORL over NYK4DET over MIA6SAC over BOS15LAL over HOU24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg34.8Today

35 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 30

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 9 games: 18, 24, 21, 26, 22, 19, 16, 22, 30SAC vs BOS · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 40, 47, 21, 40, 36, 4, 31, 20, 29ORL @ NYK · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 49, 22, 13, 12, 30, 27, 6, 21, 17, 28NYK vs ORL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 23, 15, 29, 20, 14, 22, 19, 27MIN @ POR · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 26, 24, 26, 21, 22, 53, 38, 27SAS @ MEM · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 27, 13, 13, 14, 19, 16, 31, 27MIN @ POR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 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+5.1 24.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.1 24.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Voshon LenardDEN+4.9 15.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.2 14.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.1 29.7 last 10 · 25.6 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.9 12.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.6 10.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.6 13.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.0 13.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−3.5 20.5 last 10 · 24.0 season