FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 1, 2002Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
POR97
LAC112
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +15
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 · 2000–01Jan 1, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (HOU @ MIN), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ LAC

Portland's skid reaches five

Clippers won 112–97; the Trail Blazers fall to 13–17. Jeff McInnis led Clippers with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+14+9+15LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2624291897
LAC32322424112
Who led
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 15, 12, 13, 16, 8, 20, 23, 23LAC23 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 5, 11, 16, 20, 12, 10, 18, 19LAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 14, 8, 17, 27, 10, 22, 19, 25POR25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 23, 18, 9, 13, 15, 18, 19, 18POR18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg20.2Today

20 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Damon Stoudamire leads the day with 25

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.
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 14, 8, 17, 27, 10, 22, 19, 25POR @ LAC · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 15, 12, 13, 16, 8, 20, 23, 23LAC vs POR · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 5, 11, 16, 20, 12, 10, 18, 19LAC vs POR · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 23, 18, 9, 13, 15, 18, 19, 18POR @ LAC · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 11, 14, 8, 8, 3, 4, 15, 17LAC vs POR · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high17 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 5, 10, 21, 26, 26, 16, 24, 16LAC vs POR · W
19.8 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 8 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
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−4.8 12.0 last 10 · 16.8 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