FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 6, 2002Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 109–89.

Final
SEA89
MEM77
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +12
Final
LAL109
TOR89
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +20
Final
GSW84
MIA92
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +8
Final
MIL101
SAC115
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +15; 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 6, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ CLE), 54 points.
The lead · LAL @ TOR

Kobe Bryant scores 31 as Lakers win in Toronto

Final: 109–89. Kobe Bryant made 12 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+6+12+20LAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL19353025109
TOR2820241789
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 36, 12, 39, 26, 16, 28, 18, 31LAL31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 46, 31, 37, 28, 20, 16, 26, 24, 24LAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 23, 33, 27, 15, 15, 28, 34, 24TOR24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 2, 0, 2, 6, 16, 0, 8, 13TOR13 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIL @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 8 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 8 after one, Sacramento outscored the Bucks 90–68 the rest of the way. Final: 115–101. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs MIL
Peja Stojakovic · SACRay Allen · MILPTS2929REB24AST36Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.5Season avg28.8Last 3

28.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg46.2Today

46 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 36, 12, 39, 26, 16, 28, 18, 31LAL @ TOR · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 17, 29, 28, 18, 24, 24, 27, 31GSW @ MIA · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 21, 30, 7, 21, 26, 21, 24, 29MIL @ SAC · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 7, 26, 19, 27, 23, 14, 25, 29SAC vs MIL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 22, 19, 16, 22, 30, 21, 35, 28SAC vs MIL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 26, 27, 20, 20, 43, 18, 13, 24SEA @ MEM · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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
Eddie GriffinHOU+6.3 13.3 last 10 · 7.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.5 15.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.7 23.4 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.7 15.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Voshon LenardDEN+4.6 15.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−5.4 12.2 last 10 · 17.6 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.1 10.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
LaPhonso EllisMIA−4.6 3.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.1 8.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season