FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 16, 2002Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DEN by 5 after the first quarter and won 112–107.

Final
NYK100
BOS101
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +1
Final
HOU103
TOR109
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +6
Final
WAS67
NJN111
Q1 NJN +25; Q2 NJN +39; Q3 NJN +39; Q4 NJN +44
Final
SAC112
DEN107
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +5
Final
IND100
MIL105
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
POR108
PHX99
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +9
Final
SEA80
UTA95
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +15
Final
CLE88
GSW117
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +29
Final
MIA102
LAL96
Q1 MIA +17; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +6
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 16, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (MIL vs LAC), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Sacramento extends win streak to 10

112–107 over Denver. Record: 29–9. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-5+1-3+5SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC25302829112
DEN30243221107
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 27, 23, 14, 25, 29, 25, 36, 29SAC29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 22, 30, 21, 35, 28, 28, 34, 21SAC21 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 6, 20, 6, 24, 29, 16, 10, 30DEN30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Avery JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 13, 10, 2, 8, 10, 14, 8, 23DEN23 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Jersey posts the night's biggest win

New Jersey beat Washington by 44, the widest margin of 9 games.

BOS over NYK1SAC over DEN5MIL over IND5TOR over HOU6MIA over LAL6POR over PHX9UTA over SEA15GSW over CLE29NJN over WAS44Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.1Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 36

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 21, 24, 29, 13, 27, 37, 23, 36MIL vs IND · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 6, 20, 6, 24, 29, 16, 10, 30DEN vs SAC · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 35, 26, 24, 20, 28, 20, 31, 16, 31, 30BOS vs NYK · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 18, 31, 20, 31, 23, 26, 56, 29LAL vs MIA · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 17, 16, 35, 16, 13, 14, 33, 29PHX vs POR · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 27, 23, 14, 25, 29, 25, 36, 29SAC @ DEN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 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+6.4 14.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Tim ThomasMIL+5.4 19.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.0 23.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK+4.9 25.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Jason TerryATL+4.7 23.0 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.8 9.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Brad MillerCHI−5.2 7.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Elton BrandLAC−4.8 13.5 last 10 · 18.3 season
Andre MillerCLE−4.4 11.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.1 12.8 last 10 · 16.9 season