FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 31, 2001Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed IND by 10 at halftime and won 89–87.

Final
MIL83
CHI90
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +7
Final
MIA89
IND87
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -10; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +2
Final
NJN76
WAS98
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +22
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 31, 2000: 2 games. Top scorer: Juwan Howard (WAS vs DET), 35 points.
The lead · MIA @ IND

Miami fights back from 10 down against Indiana

Final: 89–87, after trailing by 10 at the half. Eddie Jones led Miami with 29 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+5-10-2+2MIA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2511262789
IND2026182387
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 19, 12, 24, 11, 24, 12, 15, 29MIA29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 6, 9, 16, 9, 14, 20, 18, 19MIA19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 14, 10, 10, 11, 4, 26, 13, 20IND20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jonathan BenderPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 2, 2, 11, 6, 2, 5, 4, 20IND20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Chicago upsets Milwaukee

Chicago (5–23) beat Milwaukee (18–9) 90–83. Ron Mercer led Chicago with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over IND2CHI over MIL7WAS over NJN22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.7Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 45

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: 25, 19, 21, 23, 12, 26, 28, 6, 51, 45WAS vs NJN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 19, 12, 24, 11, 24, 12, 15, 29MIA @ IND · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 20, 12, 28, 33, 12, 29, 15, 28MIL @ CHI · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 15, 23, 14, 12, 22, 19, 15, 20CHI vs MIL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 14, 10, 10, 11, 4, 26, 13, 20IND vs MIA · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jonathan BenderPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 2, 2, 11, 6, 2, 5, 4, 20IND vs MIA · L
4.6 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 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−4.5 13.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.0 13.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
LaPhonso EllisMIA−3.6 4.7 last 10 · 8.3 season