FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 4, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed UTA by 11 at halftime and won 93–86.

Final
CLE91
TOR101
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +10
Final
CHI83
WAS89
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +6
Final
MIA89
BOS66
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +23
Final
ORL109
NJN96
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +13
Final
ATL113
MEM109
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +4
Final
UTA86
MIN93
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -11; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +7
Final
IND92
SAS82
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +10
Final
LAC82
DEN80
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +2
Final
PHI87
SEA77
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +10
Final
PHX86
LAL118
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +32
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 4, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET @ HOU), 46 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIN

Wally Szczerbiak scores 37, Minnesota rallies past Utah

Minnesota trailed by 11 at the half and won 93–86.

Game flow · MIN 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+4-11-5+7MIN AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2134121986
MIN2519183193
Who led
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 13, 14, 19, 16, 31, 27, 15, 37MIN37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 29, 20, 14, 22, 19, 27, 22, 19MIN19 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 21, 28, 22, 31, 17, 19, 20, 15UTA15 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 3, 10, 12, 15, 12, 20, 10, 13UTA13 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Second story · ORL @ NJN

Orlando handles New Jersey by 13

The Magic won the first quarter 35–30. Final: 109–96. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over DEN2ATL over MEM4WAS over CHI6MIN over UTA7TOR over CLE10IND over SAS10PHI over SEA10ORL over NJN13MIA over BOS23LAL over PHX32Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.4Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 24.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Wally Szczerbiak leads the day with 37

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.
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 13, 14, 19, 16, 31, 27, 15, 37MIN vs UTA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 47, 21, 40, 36, 4, 31, 20, 29, 15, 35ORL @ NJN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 6, 31, 23, 23, 33, 27, 15, 15, 28, 34TOR vs CLE · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 23, 12, 26, 28, 6, 51, 45, 29WAS vs CHI · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 6, 10, 33, 18, 12, 5, 5, 28DEN vs LAC · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 15, 17, 25, 8, 6, 11, 13, 27LAC @ DEN · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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
Eddie GriffinHOU+5.4 12.2 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.1 24.3 last 10 · 19.2 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.6 15.5 last 10 · 10.9 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+4.6 14.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−5.4 12.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−5.0 9.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
LaPhonso EllisMIA−4.3 4.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−3.7 13.5 last 10 · 17.2 season