FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 7, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by MIN (vs DET) and SEA (vs CHI).

Final
DEN80
CHH94
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +12; Q4 CHH +14
Final
POR98
CLE72
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +26
Final
LAC92
PHI116
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +24
Final
BOS87
ORL98
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +11
Final
DET93
MIN109
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +16
Final
SEA100
CHI88
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA +1; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +12
Final
NYK79
SAS90
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +11
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 7, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (VAN vs MIL), 38 points.
The lead · SEA @ CHI

Seattle gets past Chicago

100–88, with Seattle ahead 47–46 at halftime. Gary Payton led Seattle with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+1+9+12SEA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA20272528100
CHI2521172588
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 27, 20, 20, 43, 18, 13, 24, 26SEA26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Vin BakerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 19, 16, 18, 10, 21, 7, 6, 13SEA13 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 14, 13, 14, 15, 29, 8, 23, 26CHI26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 22, 19, 15, 20, 14, 25, 29, 16CHI16 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Cleveland by 26, the widest margin of 7 games.

ORL over BOS11SAS over NYK11SEA over CHI12CHH over DEN14MIN over DET16PHI over LAC24POR over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 30

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 31, 23, 38, 21, 29, 22, 18, 30PHI vs LAC · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 20, 9, 14, 13, 15, 18, 19, 27ORL vs BOS · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 14, 13, 14, 15, 29, 8, 23, 26CHI vs SEA · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 27, 20, 20, 43, 18, 13, 24, 26SEA @ CHI · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 11, 13, 27, 33, 24, 25, 0, 24DEN @ CHH · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 18, 16, 13, 24, 13, 29, 29, 24DET @ MIN · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 1 REB · 10 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
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.7 23.4 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.7 15.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+4.5 14.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Samaki WalkerLAL+4.3 11.3 last 10 · 7.0 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
Donyell MarshallUTA−3.9 13.5 last 10 · 17.4 season