FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 10, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 13 after the first quarter and won 92–85.

Final
POR92
MIA85
Q1 POR -13; Q2 POR -11; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +7
Final
LAC89
NJN108
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +19
Final
NYK89
DAL111
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +22
Final
CLE91
DEN96
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +5
Final
MEM102
PHX96
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +6
Final
HOU79
UTA83
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +4
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 10, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Chris Gatling (CLE @ SAC), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ MIA

Portland turns it around against Miami

From 13 down after one to a 7-point win: 92–85. Bonzi Wells led Portland with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-13-11-6+7POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2123212792
MIA3421161485
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 5, 7, 12, 15, 6, 12, 26, 23POR23 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 12, 26, 15, 22, 30, 12, 14, 23POR23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 24, 12, 15, 29, 23, 22, 9, 25MIA25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 20, 18, 19, 14, 21, 26, 16MIA16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · HOU @ UTA

Utah makes it three straight

Utah beat Houston 83–79 and moved to 19–16. Karl Malone led Utah with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
L@ ORL90–98L@ BOS92–98W@ NJN104–90Wvs BOS99–86W@ POR99–87Wvs PHI89–81L@ MIN86–93W@ CHI113–111Wvs PHX98–84Wvs HOU83–79UTA: last 10 games through Jan 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Pau Gasol 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.
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 27, 11, 24, 14, 6, 16, 20, 31MEM @ PHX · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 17, 19, 20, 15, 32, 17, 30UTA vs HOU · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 26, 24, 35, 18, 30, 28, 27, 29DAL vs NYK · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 15, 8, 11, 6, 20, 6, 24, 29DEN vs CLE · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 18, 12, 17, 10, 36, 13, 19, 27HOU @ UTA · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 27, 33, 24, 25, 0, 24, 31, 26DEN vs CLE · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 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+7.6 14.9 last 10 · 7.3 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
Anfernee HardawayPHX−6.5 9.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jalen RoseIND−6.1 11.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.9 7.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.1 12.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Nazr MohammedATL−4.1 5.3 last 10 · 9.4 season