FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 2, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed MIL by 4 after the first quarter and won 95–77.

Final
ORL94
BOS110
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +16
Final
GSW98
CLE113
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MEM74
NJN92
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +18
Final
MIL77
MIN95
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +18
Final
DAL107
CHI97
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +10
Final
DET85
SAS97
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +12
Final
LAL87
DEN86
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +1
Final
PHI102
PHX81
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +28; Q4 PHI +21
Final
TOR95
POR84
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +11
Final
LAC91
SAC105
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +14
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 2, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Tony Delk (PHX @ SAC), 53 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIN

Minnesota beats Milwaukee, 95–77

Minnesota led 78–63 after three and won by 18. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 22 points, 19 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-4+1+15+18MIN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2323171477
MIN1928311795
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 15, 29, 20, 14, 22, 19, 27, 22MIN22 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 6, 17, 7, 15, 12, 5, 4, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 10, 7, 13, 22MIL22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 13, 9, 11, 8, 16, 18, 24, 19, 20MIL20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Philadelphia by 21.

LAL over DEN1DAL over CHI10TOR over POR11SAS over DET12SAC over LAC14CLE over GSW15BOS over ORL16NJN over MEM18MIN over MIL18PHI over PHX21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
12.5Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Lamond Murray leads the day with 40

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.
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 20, 23, 13, 10, 11, 7, 8, 40CLE vs GSW · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 33, 19, 24, 19, 17, 29, 24, 30BOS vs ORL · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 7 games: 4, 10, 14, 13, 14, 15, 29CHI vs DAL · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 40, 37, 38, 24, 31, 23, 38, 21, 29PHI @ PHX · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 28, 27, 36, 12, 39, 26, 16, 28LAL @ DEN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 42, 6, 31, 23, 23, 33, 27, 15, 15, 28TOR @ POR · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Michael ReddMIL+5.5 15.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.1 24.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Voshon LenardDEN+4.9 15.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Steve NashDAL+4.8 24.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Damon StoudamirePOR+4.1 16.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Clifford RobinsonDET−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.5 13.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−4.1 12.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.0 13.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
LaPhonso EllisMIA−3.6 4.7 last 10 · 8.3 season