FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 9, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed IND by 1 after the first quarter and won 109–90.

Final
SAS93
BOS90
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +3
Final
ATL87
CHH111
Q1 CHH +5; Q2 CHH +24; Q3 CHH +19; Q4 CHH +24
Final
LAL109
IND90
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +19
Final
SEA106
MIN111
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +5
Final
ORL102
PHI91
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +11
Final
TOR85
CHI73
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +12
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 9, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs IND), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ IND

Kobe Bryant scores 31 in Lakers win over Indiana

Final: 109–90. Kobe Bryant added 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-1+6+17+19LAL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL26233228109
IND2716212690
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 12, 39, 26, 16, 28, 18, 31, 20, 31LAL31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 28, 20, 16, 26, 24, 24, 28, 20LAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 38, 20, 10, 25, 8, 16, 28, 18IND18 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 16, 5, 21, 13, 13, 11, 15IND15 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Charlotte by 24.

SAS over BOS3MIN over SEA5ORL over PHI11TOR over CHI12LAL over IND19CHH over ATL24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg32.7Today

33 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 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: 36, 12, 39, 26, 16, 28, 18, 31, 20, 31LAL @ IND · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 33, 35, 26, 24, 20, 28, 20, 31BOS vs SAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 24, 18, 16, 18, 15, 19, 12, 30SEA @ MIN · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 22, 19, 27, 22, 19, 22, 23, 29MIN vs SEA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 23, 38, 21, 29, 22, 18, 30, 27PHI vs ORL · L
27.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 4, 31, 20, 29, 15, 35, 17, 21, 26ORL @ PHI · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 8 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+7.2 14.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.7 24.5 last 10 · 18.8 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+4.8 14.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.1 15.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Samaki WalkerLAL+4.1 11.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−6.1 11.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.7 10.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.9 7.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Derek AndersonPOR−4.3 8.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nazr MohammedATL−4.1 5.3 last 10 · 9.4 season