FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 12, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed LAL by 11 after the first quarter and won 106–104.

Final
BOS115
ATL91
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +24
Final
MIN108
WAS100
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +8
Final
CHH76
DET104
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +28
Final
MIL102
NYK97
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +5
Final
NJN91
ORL85
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +6
Final · OT
LAL104
CHI106
Q1 CHI -11; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +2
Final
IND102
DAL111
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +9
Final
DEN86
HOU98
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +12
Final
MIA74
PHX108
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +28; Q4 PHX +34
Final · 2OT
MEM97
UTA95
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM 0; OT2 MEM +2
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 12, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs SAS), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHI

Chicago outlasts Lakers in overtime

94–94 at the end of regulation. Chicago took the last extra period 12–10. Final: 106–104. Ron Mercer led Chicago with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11+1+20+2CHI AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAL3219172610104
CHI2131182412106
Who led
Ron MercerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 20, 14, 25, 29, 16, 13, 22, 28CHI28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 11, 0, 14, 7, 1, 0, 8, 17CHI17 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 7, 5, 12, 8, 11, 10, 7, 28LAL28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 16, 28, 18, 31, 20, 31, 23, 26LAL26 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 10 games went past regulation.

CHI over LAL2MEM over UTA2MIL over NYK5NJN over ORL6MIN over WAS8DAL over IND9HOU over DEN12BOS over ATL24DET over CHH28PHX over MIA34Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 44

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 28, 17, 19, 20, 22, 28, 12, 44NYK vs MIL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 7, 21, 26, 21, 24, 29, 13, 27, 37MIL @ NYK · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 28, 6, 51, 45, 29, 18, 22, 35WAS vs MIN · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 24, 35, 18, 30, 28, 27, 29, 31DAL vs IND · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 27, 22, 19, 22, 23, 29, 32, 31MIN @ WAS · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 26, 24, 20, 28, 20, 31, 16, 31BOS @ ATL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+8.8 16.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.7 24.5 last 10 · 18.8 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.0 15.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tim ThomasMIL+4.9 18.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.1 15.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.8 9.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Brad MillerCHI−5.2 7.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.1 12.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.1 12.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Elton BrandLAC−3.9 14.6 last 10 · 18.5 season