FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 14, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 2 at halftime and won 85–79.

Final
SAS97
NJN99
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +2
Final
DAL87
ORL113
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +26
Final
DEN97
UTA106
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +9
Final
MIA85
GSW79
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +6
Final
MEM81
LAL120
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +39; Q4 LAL +39
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 14, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs POR), 41 points.
The lead · MIA @ GSW

Golden State's skid reaches seven

Miami won 85–79; the Warriors fall to 12–24. Eddie Jones led Miami with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-2-2+6MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1718193185
GSW1819192379
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 15, 29, 23, 22, 9, 25, 3, 28MIA28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 19, 14, 21, 26, 16, 10, 15MIA15 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 11, 17, 10, 8, 14, 15, 12, 19GSW19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 28, 18, 24, 24, 27, 31, 23, 15GSW15 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ NJN

New Jersey edges San Antonio by two

San Antonio won the fourth 27–23, but New Jersey held on, 99–97. Kerry Kittles led New Jersey with 22 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over SAS2MIA over GSW6UTA over DEN9ORL over DAL26LAL over MEM39Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over SAS.
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
7.5Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg34.3Today

34 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 56

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: 26, 16, 28, 18, 31, 20, 31, 23, 26, 56LAL vs MEM · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +30.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high56 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 15, 29, 23, 22, 9, 25, 3, 28MIA @ GSW · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 53, 38, 27, 20, 22, 29, 21, 25, 22, 27SAS @ NJN · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 19, 20, 15, 32, 17, 30, 23, 26UTA vs DEN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 24, 25, 0, 24, 31, 26, 4, 26DEN @ UTA · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 15, 35, 17, 21, 26, 17, 17, 26ORL vs DAL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.0 15.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+4.9 23.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Tim ThomasMIL+4.9 18.3 last 10 · 13.4 season
Horace GrantORL+4.2 11.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.6 9.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Brad MillerCHI−5.2 7.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Elton BrandLAC−4.1 14.2 last 10 · 18.3 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.1 12.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jon BarryDET−3.8 3.8 last 10 · 7.6 season